NSW turns visiting UN inspectors away from Queanbeyan detention facility

NSW confirms it will not allow visits, as Queensland also restricts some access despite Australia's ratification of UN torture protocol

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New South Wales has blocked United Nations officials from entering a detention facility as part of their visit under Australia's commitment to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (Opcat).

Queensland Health will also prevent the officials from visiting mental health wards where people ordered to undergo treatment or charged with crimes are held, the state health service confirmed to Guardian Australia.