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Kerryn Phelps to lobby Senate crossbench on Medivac bill
Former independent MP Kerryn Phelps will lobby key crossbenchers — including Jacqui Lambie — not to repeal the contentious Medivac legislation, urging them to “open their mind and hearts to the...
A government bill to repeal the Medivac laws, named the Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019, will be introduced to the House of Representatives on Thursday and is set to be put to a…
- Rosie Lewis
- The Australian
In Canberra for the first time since losing the May 18 election, Dr Phelps blamed her loss in part on the voters of Wentworth feeling less angry towards the Liberal Party about Malcolm Turnbull’s ousting.
“It was very close … It took a couple of days for the…