Judge accuses Australia of putting relationship with Nauru before the law

Judgement follows failure to transfer seriously ill refugee under medevac laws

A federal court judge has excoriated the Australian government, accusing it of putting its relationship with Nauru ahead of complying with court orders and federal law.

The judgement by Justice Debra Mortimer was published on Friday, after the government failed to comply with a 14 June order to transfer a refugee with “serious medical and psychiatric issues” to Australia under the medevac laws.

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