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Inquiry on disability, health and our migration laws (after nine months gestation)

A public and political outcry in November last year, regarding a Doctor being  denied Australian permanent residency because his son had Down Syndrome, led to the Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, announcing a Parliamentary inquiry into the health requirements in the Migration Act.
Nearly six months later, on May 15 this year, the terms of reference for [...]