Morrison’s take on asylum Bill: ‘I will simply ignore it’

SCOTT Morrison has vowed to ignore the results of a vote on a “stupid” Bill giving doctors the final say on evacuating sick asylum seekers from offshore detention.

The Morrison Government risks becoming the first in 90 years to lose a substantive vote in Parliament, but the Prime Minister (pictured) is unperturbed, denying a defeat could trigger a constitutional crisis.

“I will simply ignore it and we’ll get on with business,” he said on Tuesday night.

“This is a stupid Bill ... It’s written by people who haven’t got the faintest idea how this works.”

Federal Labor frontbencher Richard Marles said the Prime Minister could not simply ignore legislation.

“It’s not for a Prime Minister or executive government to ignore legislation – we have a constitution for a reason,” he said. “Legislation is the law of the land and the executive government’s role is to carry that law out.”

Cabinet minister Matt Canavan argued Mr Morrison was simply saying he would “get on with the job” of protecting Australia’s borders.

Dr Phelps is leading the charge on a private member’s Bill giving treating clinicians – rather than politicians and public servants – the final say on medical evacuations of sick asylum seekers.