But former Christmas Island administrator Jon Stanhope says the move is purely political.
"When I see our prime minister going to Christmas Island to inspect an empty detention centre, for me it conjures up images of Donald Trump and his national emergency," he told ABC's Radio National.The government has budgeted $1.44 billion over four years for the reopening of the centre, staffing and administration and transfer costs.It is understood that as of Tuesday, no applications have been made to access the new medical evacuation process.
Refugee advocates expect a handful of applications in the coming fortnight and argue there's no need for Christmas Island to be reopened.Under the coalition government, 900 people have been evacuated to the Australian mainland for health issues and a quarter of that number have been transferred since September last year.
Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said the death this week of an immigration detainee at the Villawood centre - the second this year - showed the need for the government to release all "at-risk" detainees. "Just like offshore detention, the onshore detainees are hostages to the government's electoral strategy," he said.
You people know they've all passed their immigration checks, right. Why aren't you reporting that? Scumo is making that up to scare the racists.
They should be gone right out of Australia
Great a bit off common sense. How ever it is not up to Australians to pay for these scum, put them on a boat and return them from where they came. Allen Republican - Gippsland
Keep in mind that the same people who are doing this dog-whistling are supporting a CONVICTED paedophile- Pell.
Accused? We do still have a presumption of innocence in this country, I suppose?
Notice at the end of your story u mention calling lifeline,is that because’they care?’ Or u mentioned Beyond Blue because we r so damn depressed with the truth of the article? Our 2-3 party system is a joke. Don’t vote 4 any of them. Vote 4 Pauline. She is the only 1 who gets it
Note Morrison says 'accused' conviently not 'convicted'. Who is buying his shit. Only fools & morons! TimCostello Kon__K rranwa lionheartleojai helen_k albsie KKeneally gedkearney MurrayWatt SenatorWong
Come on 9, these blokes have been on Manus and Nauru for over 5years without restriction, living among vulnerable women and children. Overnight Morrison gives them new branding! Turnbull told Trump they were good people 'we know who they are'. Morrison making things up!
What a fucking disgrace our abhorrent Government is. I’ve simply had it with their bullshit and I know I’m not alone. ElectionNow LNPfail auspol Auspol Libfail Dutton Corruption ScoMo LNPfail Frydenberg joyce cormann Call the Election 😡😡😡
We need a Royal Commission into why the Australian Government is flooding Manus Island and Naru with Murders, Sexual Assaulters of Children and People planning Terrorist Attacks
9news unwatchable
And a very merry Christmas to you!!!
Yep, zero surprise to us who look at these frequent reports. But people who live in the ABC/CH10 virtue-signalist news bubble would be shocked from this reality as seen from their protesting SJW behaviour.
FGS use your noodle! Morrison has had these 'terrible people' locked up with women and children for 5 years, suddenly they're murderers? He's a liar, and you should be pointing it out. Turnbull also told Trump 'We know who they are, they're not bad people'.
Step 5, Bullit point 3
I will never watch this sorry excuse for a news show. You should be ashamed. Journalists die in other countries for telling truth to power, you can here in safety and elect not to. pathetic auspol
Hey , is it news if you blithely accept assertions? No questioning of PM’s claims? Pathetic calling that news.
They should be put back in the boat they came in, towed out to sea, pointed in the direction of the shithole they came from and unceremoniously pushed hard and fast in that direction. Enough! PeterDutton_MP ScottMorrisonMP
It’s a Political stunt
Accused? So an accusation without legal representation and a trial is the LNPs way to deal out justice? Sounds about right for them. monsters
If we know their past why can't we kick them back
But ! But !! Thats TORTURE !! They HATE Christmas !! 🤦♂️😮😮 And Easter Island is no Good either They HATE that too !!!! 😡😡😡 😊
Who told you this? Which ones have been accused of any of this? Perhaps, if you undertook some deeper research rather than just rehash Dutton’s press releases, that might make you real journalists, rather than Sky News-lite copy cats.
Send Pell there.
Accused by who? Our fucking lying Govt? Yeah like we can believe anything Morriscum or Dutton says. They are pathological LIARS. I wouldn't trust any of them as far as I could throw them. Stop repeating their lies as though they are facts. Report the NEWS not bullshit. 😡😡
Anyone keeping count of the lies? This makes Howard's Children Overboard look like Playschool through the round window. Does Morrison really think we are so stupid? Turnbull said they were good people, now they're accused of all sorts, BY DUTTON. I know who I believe, not Spud!
I appreciate you have to make shite up to get people to watch your news broadcasts but this is particularly low even for you lot. BTW, you'll find the majority of child molesters already here running the churches ....
And will they declare all that ?
Accused. No court case. No judicial oversight. You’re ok with that 9 News?
Definitely not welcome in Australia!
9newsAUS who has accused the asylum seekers of these crimes (other than Dutton)? Have any of them been charged for any crimes? Or are you complicit in the BS we are being served up by our Government?
let dinatale, phelps and hanson young put them all up if they ever come to australia, just the sort of people we want here, murderers, rapists, terrorists etc
BevPerth Send them back
Turnbull said to Trump that they knew everything about those on Manus/Nauru and made no mention of any of this. No refugee in detention has had a transfer knocked back for security reasons by Dutton. This is a lie.
GOOD
What are we going to do about the crimes Pell has committed?
Has any journo (any real ones, not ch9) asked Morrison the simple question, how many refugees have been convicted of these crimes he talks about?
And all unicorns, don't forget the unicorns. Evil bastards.
Anyone can be 'accused'. If there's no charge, trial or conviction, Morrison can get fucked. 😡 Re-opening CI is an excuse to gift mates $Millions more. This government is a fucking mafia operation!
Conveniently leaving off the fact that the minister has full veto powers to prevent anyone from being transferred anywhere? It’s also a direct contradiction as to what Turnbull told trump “... there is no risk, as we have backgrounded them all..”
Put up or shut up, Morrison.
9 running a LNP / IPA election campaign All these so called 'Dangerous' people are free to roam where they are now ! If they are free to roam they are not deemed dangerous ! Or are you saying it is ok for dangerous people to roam freely there but not here ? Which one is it ?
Deport them!!
Hey 9NewsAUS Aussies are more switched on about using Trump strategists 'their bringing drugs, they're rapists' rhetoric. It's not going to work. We'll report any media disinfo profiles writing racist comments on Twitter. auspol nswpol
So same types who claim a legally convicted peadophile is innocent, now claiming innocent people (not convinced of any crime and with no evidence) are peadophiles. We can see where the white privilege and crazy-talk has taken you, conservatives. aupol
Including George Pell? justaskin
fakenews...and pretty crap and cruel at that.. (btw how's Pell going, talking of sexual assault ?)
How many of those are there, exactly ? What is the cost per person in that category ? Given that the law already says that those cases will not be evacuated in the first case ?
If this is true, why aren’t they sent back to where they’ve come from. Isn’t harboring criminals an offense? auspol
hey CH9 are these the people wandering around Manus, free and open , You lying ratbags
But if they're good conversationalists all will be forgiven right? pell auspol disgrace
What asylum seekers are you referring to? Which ones have been accused or any of these things. I accuse you of these things, with no evidence so does that automatically make you guilty? No, no it does not. shitjournalism
Great to see 9 going out of its way to make Johnathon Holmes job just that much easier. See you on Media Watch AGAIN.
Hey Scomo if I’m not mistaken Australia was populated by the scum that England didn’t won’t in the first Fleet so what’s your point!!
Good
Prove it. Bet you can’t.
So why have they been roaming free among the local population and other detainees for so long? Decent honest dcredible journalists would be asking these questions
This sounds like hate speech out of Nazi Germany. What. Are. You. Doing.
The same people who Turnbull said to Trump: 'we know exactly everything about them' might NOW pose a threat, but did not then?
Is there room there for a few dozen errant clerics
When people say none of them exist.... Ignorance is pure bliss to lefturds. Send them back to where they came from.
Stop peddling this BS
They'll probably send them to Melbourne. Great to know we have criminal country shoppers amongst us. Well done gruberment.... Well done!
Shouldn't they be in jail? And most kept as far as possible from ever reaching our shores.
There's a simple question to explain why PM MoFo's medevac melodrama is not going to work. Who are Australians going to believe, doctors or politicians?
That headline is detestable, how low will you go
There was only one case on Nauru. Charged with statutory rape, because she was under age. But everything was dismissed last week. She must have testified that she was consenting to the relationship but that he didn't know she was underage. These people are not criminals.
So in a nutshell Ivan Milat and George Pell will recieve medical attention no matter their crimes. And as yet undisclosed refugees will not. PeterDutton_MP name them let the courts decide
To Xmas island.... Straight to jail ..
What nonsense. When an asylum seeker is found not to reach the requirements for security reasons Dutton can return him to his point of embarkation. Given how much he despises refugees are we actually believing he hasn’t done that? Morrison and Dutton are liars. auspol
helping LNP push the fear barrow along the road.
Reported for Fake News
What a disgusting government we have. Why have they not charged any of these people? Only reason I can think of is that they have not offended. Every human has a right to health care.
JamesDe34061167 THIS IS BECAUSE U MORONS THAT THESE TERRORISTS OUR SECURITY AGENCIES DO NOT TRUST, OK LET THEM LIVE HERE I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT FAMILY MEMBERS OF LABOR GREENS INDEPENDENTS ARE KILLED WHEN EXPLOSIONS GO OFF ALL AROUND AUSTRALIA ONLY THEN WILL U REALIZE YOUR BETRAYAL OF AUSSIES
So why are we even bothering with ppl like this, they’re criminals they ain’t ever getting in here, can we just cut em off and deal with real refugees that are in actual danger, this is such a drain in cash we could help others with
Under which government were they ‘allowed’ into Australia by? 🤔
AussieRedPilled Even more regrettable is to let known criminals come and undermine and poison our kind and just society.
Is that a verbatim LNP media release or was some actual evidence found through real investigative journalism?
If they know these crimes occurred prior to seeking asylum that's a fair enough reason but if they know all about everyone then y r the ones who aren't terrorists or rapist or pedophiles and just asylum seekers still on Manus? Surly after all these years they could b resettled!
There is no evidence that any of the asylum seekers are accused of such crimes. is you have such evidence please produce it.
MortyAU Oops
simrob72 ScottMorrisonMP Please return them to where they came from. Taxpayers don’t want to support international criminals.
why would we help any murderers or terrorists. they should get death penalty or deported if too squeamish .
WTF! time to say enough is enough, send them back to where they came from, time to start spending tax payers money on tax paying Australians....we are full the doors are closed!
None of these asylum seekers have been found guilty of any of these crimes, this is unjustified smearing of innocent people from a morally bereft and decaying government.
Send them back or to any local church
LOCK EM UP !!!
Scott please keep them in an environment away from our children and women. We don’t need this type of irregular Maritime Arrival in our community. Well done mate, this is all the result of the Labor Greens alliance that we even had 53,000 irregular arrivals. Thanks BowenChris
Really? This took a while for some to work out? I suggest you find the closest bottle of bleach if you thought happy family rainbows
Send...them back..to..where..they..fkn.came..from
😡😡they shouldn’t be allowed to reach Australia
But a child raping priest gets a letter of recommendation from the LNP
Just send them back home
Send them back to where they came from.
Send them back on a leaky boat
Cardinals found guilty of sexual assault of children will be provided with character references by former Liberal PMs, and vocal support by RW lunatics.
These are the ones who destroy their ID and arrive by illegal boat. Labor are aware of this but couldn’t give a rats, as long as they get cheap votes. They will stuff this country.
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