‘Indefensible’: alleged child abuse survivor takes on Albanese government over $2.5bn Nauru deal, The Guardian, Sarah Basford Canales

Alison Battisson, Abdul’s lawyer, said his case was “extraordinary and deeply troubling”, owing to claims he was groomed and sexually abused by a carer as a minor after settling in Australia…………

………Battisson said Abdul’s case raised “profound legal and moral concerns” because the Australian government had a duty to protect him and failed.

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