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Migration Amendment (Urgent Medical Treatment) Bill 2018

Type	Private
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Sponsor	PHELPS, Kerryn, MP; WILKIE, Andrew, MP; BANDT, Adam, MP; BANKS, Julia, MP; SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP

Summary

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: require the temporary transfer to Australia of transitory persons on Manus Island or Nauru, and their families, if they are assessed by two or more treating doctors as requiring medical treatment; and require the temporary transfer of all children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment.

Progress of bill

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