Immigration Department pays $1 million compensation to Save the Children workers fired from Nauru

By Michael Koziol
Updated February 1 2017 - 11:19am, first published 9:56am
Former Save the Children worker Natasha Blucher was among those compensated by the Australian government. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Former Save the Children worker Natasha Blucher was among those compensated by the Australian government. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Former immigration minister Scott Morrison refused to apologise for the allegations last year, and said he was acting on advice. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former immigration minister Scott Morrison refused to apologise for the allegations last year, and said he was acting on advice. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The Turnbull government has paid an estimated $1 million in compensation and formally apologised to nine charity workers who were ejected from Nauru in 2014 after unsubstantiated claims of political activism and impropriety.

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