“I was literally almost physically ill when I saw some of my Senate and House of Representatives colleagues in the chamber cheering and high-fiving the passage of these amendments,” she said, referring to a bill that would give doctors greater authority to evacuate asylum seekers from Nauru and Manus Island to Australia for medical treatment.
“I was one of the few who has lived through terrorism and the impact up in the Bali bombings, I was up there, I saw, I smelt and I got to understand the what was happening.
”The ABC host interrupted: “Are you drawing a link between the Bali bombings and refugees coming to Australia for medical services?”