{"id":3942,"date":"2019-10-18T20:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2019-10-18T20:48:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:48:04","slug":"medevac-repeal-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/18\/medevac-repeal-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Medevac Repeal report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence heard during the medevac inquiry made an overwhelming case for keeping the legislation in place, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says.<br \/>\n\u201cThe evidence heard during this inquiry made it clear \u2013 medevac has saved lives,\u201d Senator McKim said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government\u2019s refusal to transfer sick people from offshore detention to Australia under previous arrangements caused death, mental anguish and untold suffering among refugees and people seeking asylum.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe medevac repeal Bill shows that the government puts political imperatives ahead of people\u2019s medical needs.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThey have made the crass calculation that some lives are worth sacrificing for broader political outcomes, despite their legal and moral obligations.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDecisions about medical care should be made by medical experts, not politicians or bureaucrats.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe Greens will oppose the medevac repeal legislation.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Greens\u2019 dissenting report can be found here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/senatornickmckim.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-czhlhd-ttkdburs-r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/senatornickmckim.cmail20.com\/t\/j-l-czhlhd-ttkdburs-r\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1571453218074000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_oLMNTmhSl0f_p63bhO5oGKF-_g\">https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/<wbr \/>Parliamentary_Business\/<wbr \/>Committees\/Senate\/Legal_and_<wbr \/>Constitutional_Affairs\/<wbr \/>RepairMedicaltransfers\/Report\/<wbr \/>section?id=committees%<wbr \/>2freportsen%2f024304%2f72235<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence heard during the medevac inquiry made an overwhelming case for keeping the legislation in place, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says. \u201cThe evidence heard during this inquiry made it clear \u2013 medevac has saved lives,\u201d Senator McKim said. \u201cThe government\u2019s refusal to transfer sick people from offshore detention to Australia under previous arrangements caused &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/18\/medevac-repeal-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Medevac Repeal report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}