Crossbenchers team up with Labor to sink PM Scott Morrison on Medivac Bill

David Johnston
Updated February 13 2019 - 12:08am, first published 12:03am
HIGH STAKES: Cathy McGowan and fellow crossbenchers joined forces with Labor to defeat the government on medical transfers for refugees.
HIGH STAKES: Cathy McGowan and fellow crossbenchers joined forces with Labor to defeat the government on medical transfers for refugees.

Indi MP Cathy McGowan has played a pivotal role in Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government being rolled on the medical transfer bill which hands refugees on Manus Island and Nauru a swifter passage to medical help in Australia.

David Johnston

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