Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs. Minister, I draw your attention to the humanitarian calamity your government has created on Nauru, where children have been continually abused and are suffering ongoing trauma. I remind you, Minister, that some of these kids have spent five years in detention, and about 40 of them were born into detention and have never known freedom. In the last five years we've seen physical abuse, sexual abuse of children, suicides, attempted suicides, widespread self-harm, children lapsing into catatonic states, and the destruction of people's hopes for the future. Last week Medecins Sans Frontieres was kicked off the island, and there is a complete lack of appropriate medical care for people, including children in desperate need. Minister, when will you get the kids off Nauru and bring them here so that they can get the medical treatment they so desperately need?