Jacqui Lambie claims Scott Morrison threatened her with jail time if she revealed secret deal on refugees
by Daniel Hurst and Sarah Martin from World news | The Guardian on (#5XEWW)
Tasmanian senator says prime minister committed in 2019 to accept New Zealand's offer to resettle refugees, but she could not talk about agreement
Jacqui Lambie has alleged that Scott Morrison told her she risked jail time if she disclosed details of a secret deal that required the government to allow refugees to resettle in New Zealand in exchange for her support to repeal Australia's medevac" laws.
The Tasmanian independent senator made the accusations about the quite threatening" exchange in an interview with news.com.au, published hours after the Morrison government announced it would finally take up New Zealand's long-standing offer to resettle 150 refugees a year. She said she was rapt these people are free".
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