Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, you and the Minister for Home Affairs misled parliament yesterday when it was claimed there are about 65 medical personnel on Nauru and that children are evacuated on their advice. The truth is there's only half that number at any time and medical advice is routinely overturned by Border Force. In fact, virtually all the children that have been evacuated were because of Federal Court orders or the threat of legal action. Prime Minister, will you correct the record, or will you continue to peddle lies about the abuse of the children suffering in Nauru? After all, the community expects politicians to lie but not to lie about children's lives.

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