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“It’s going to be devastating in Daru. At the end of the day, if you want leprosy, cholera, tuberculosis encephalitis, meningitis … It’s all there…

I just know what’s going to happen and I’ve been warning them (DFAT) for ages, and they just continually deny that there’s a problem.

Neither the ministers, nor any of the staff are not aware that there’s a problem.

If this gets into these treaty villages, and then extends to cross to Australia, then the DFAT has to accept responsibility for it.