The Australian government will not challenge a Federal Court ruling that it has a duty of care to provide a safe and legal abortion for an African refugee raped on Nauru. The ruling could become a landmark case, with human rights lawyers saying it shows the government has a duty of care for asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus Island - despite previously suggesting they were now the responsibility of those countries. George Newhouse, principal solicitor with...
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