High Court bid to move asylum seekers from PNG to Australia

By Michael Gordon
Updated May 5 2016 - 11:14am, first published 9:17am
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said no Australian wanted to see asylum seekers self-harming. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said no Australian wanted to see asylum seekers self-harming. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reiterated that the asylum seekers will not be resettled in Australia.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reiterated that the asylum seekers will not be resettled in Australia. Photo: Andrew Meares

A legal challenge seeking the transfer of asylum seekers from Manus Island to Australia will be heard in the third week of the election campaign.