Dutton uses medevac law to refuse transfer despite claiming it could not be done

Home affairs minister has consistently said the laws left the government powerless to act

Peter Dutton has used his powers under the medevac laws to block the transfer of a refugee on security grounds, revealing as false his long-running claims that the laws rendered the government powerless to do so.

On Wednesday it was revealed the home affairs minister had used his ministerial powers for the first time to override doctors’ recommendations to transfer an individual.

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