Malcolm Turnbull warns NSW and Queensland of ‘company they’re keeping’ by blocking UN prison inspectors

Former prime minister disappointed by states' decisions to not allow full access to UN subcommittee on prevention of torture

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The former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned the New South Wales and Queensland governments to think carefully about the international company they are keeping" by blocking or limiting United Nations inspectors' access to detention facilities.

Turnbull said he was disappointed by the government decisions to not allow full access to the team, who are in the country this week as part of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, ratified when he was in office in 2017.

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