August 17, 2017
The Victorian Liberal moderate Russell Broadbent has called in Federal Parliament for “genuine refugees” in offshore detention to be settled permanently on the Australian mainland once the US resettlement deal has run its course.
A report in the Guardian on Mr Broadbent’s speech can be found on this link:
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