Under the proposed legislation, a panel of doctors will review certain cases rejected by the home affairs minister.

This is despite warnings from humanitarian groups of ‘terrible suffering’

Doctors no longer face jail when speaking out over Nauru or Manus

More than 2,000 leaked incident reports from Nauru have sparked further outrage

They say doctors should have the right to speak out about detention centres

Our hardline policies are tantamount to torture, say medical ethicists

The AMA’s new president is reluctant to tackle the government on asylum seeker policy

Police surveillance of doctors may be more widespread than first thought, says refugee advocate