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The Prime Minister has defended his decision to appoint an independent medical review panel to vet asylum seekers transferring from regional processing centres to Australia.

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Best to appoint your own doctors, because already passed Senate ....& Greens with Labor House of Representatives have the numbers. Labor would have put ‘You Know Who? ‘ Lefty in charge. Good strategy ScottMorrisonMP auspol

Oh no , they just die in the processing centre . Beware scomo , Abbott and his extremist far right mob is not gonna like it

BIG mistake!!!

Yet another lie and back flip from this lying PM, but the press lets him off

Can you imagine how many bludgers would get into Australia and rort the system if drs only were allowed to give the go ahead. Lets not forget that doctors make good money from people's misery.

once again taxpayers are paying for it

The left will infiltrate this panel and send everyone here, so the boats will inundate Australia again. The people smugglers will already be planning! Well done Lefties!

LiberalAus now re-staring the flottila of boats and people smuggler business BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP BACK FLIP

If they’re appointed by the cabinet, are they really independent?

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