Annette Hurley (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Is the minister aware of the case of two-year-old Richard Niyonsaba, who arrived in Australia with his family from Africa on 3 November 2005 but died two days later? Can the minister confirm that Richard Niyonsaba’s family had documentation from the International Organisation for Migration indicating that their son required intensive medical assistance upon arriving in Australia? Can the minister explain why the family’s caseworker from ACL, the private firm carrying out settlement services in the region, did not ensure that intensive medical assistance was provided to Richard Niyonsaba immediately upon his arrival in Australia? Given that there will not be a coronial inquest into this matter, will the minister now instigate her own public inquiry into the events surrounding this tragedy?