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| Coalition must apologise to Save the Children staff after report, Labor says | |
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| The Turnbull government must apologise to aid group Save the Children for unjustifiably removing 10 of its staff from Nauru, the opposition says. | The Turnbull government must apologise to aid group Save the Children for unjustifiably removing 10 of its staff from Nauru, the opposition says. |
| Labor’s immigration spokesman Richard Marles says the release of a report on the matter late on Friday was an attempt to avoid scrutiny, but the government could not duck an apology. | Labor’s immigration spokesman Richard Marles says the release of a report on the matter late on Friday was an attempt to avoid scrutiny, but the government could not duck an apology. |
| “Yesterday’s report found no evidence the staff acted outside their duties and that they should be offered compensation,” he said in a statement on Saturday. | “Yesterday’s report found no evidence the staff acted outside their duties and that they should be offered compensation,” he said in a statement on Saturday. |
| “The government needs to today issue an immediate apology to Save the Children and the staff involved.” | “The government needs to today issue an immediate apology to Save the Children and the staff involved.” |
| The report, written Adjunct Professor Christopher Doogan, exonerated the aid workers over claims they fabricated Nauru detention centre abuse stories and coached asylum seekers into self-harm, as well as sexual misconduct allegations. | The report, written Adjunct Professor Christopher Doogan, exonerated the aid workers over claims they fabricated Nauru detention centre abuse stories and coached asylum seekers into self-harm, as well as sexual misconduct allegations. |
| Save the Children boss Paul Ronalds has called for a meeting with the government to discuss potential compensation. | Save the Children boss Paul Ronalds has called for a meeting with the government to discuss potential compensation. |
| “We are proud of our dedicated staff who worked on Nauru with some of the most vulnerable children in the toughest of circumstances,” he said in a statement on Friday. | “We are proud of our dedicated staff who worked on Nauru with some of the most vulnerable children in the toughest of circumstances,” he said in a statement on Friday. |
| “The idea that they would fabricate cases of abuse or encourage children to hurt themselves was always absurd.” | “The idea that they would fabricate cases of abuse or encourage children to hurt themselves was always absurd.” |