“The medevac legislation doesn't require asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru to be sick in order to be transferred to Australia.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Coleman's claim is spin. The bill governs the transfer of people from offshore processing countries in order to receive medical or psychiatric "treatment or assessment". Experts told Fact Check that it could be possible for a person to be moved to Australia for assessment and found not to be sick, but that the transfer would need to be based on medical needs. In order for a transfer to be recommended, two treating doctors would need to be of the opinion it was necessary because the treatme...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
David Coleman (Minister for Immigration) made this claim around 18 February 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 1 March 2019, 11 days later. Its rating was “Spin”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.