Australia’s Veterans Want Medivac Law Scrapped, Says Dutton

Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 11, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says that the country’s war veterans want refugee medical evacuation laws scrapped.

Dutton is locked in negotiations with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie, herself an army veteran, as he seeks to repeal the so-called medivac laws.