"It is legal to be an asylum seeker and Australia has an obligation"

By Nicholas Brooks
Updated August 14 2019 - 8:17am, first published August 13 2019 - 7:00pm
Great Lakes Refugees for Rural Australians not only want to see the Medevac legislation kept in place, but a more efficient approval process for sick asylum seekers to come to Australia for medical treatment.
Great Lakes Refugees for Rural Australians not only want to see the Medevac legislation kept in place, but a more efficient approval process for sick asylum seekers to come to Australia for medical treatment.

Just days after federal member for Lyne, David Gillespie, revealed his reasons for voting to repeal the Medevac Bill, local refugee advocacy group Great Lakes Rural Australians for Refugees has provided a number of contrasting reasons as to why the legislation should be kept in place.

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