Cathy McGowan receives Accountability Round Table award, calls for compassion for asylum seekers

Shana Morgan
Updated October 15 2019 - 2:04pm, first published 11:00am
DUO OF INTEGRITY: ART chair Fiona McLeod (left) and retired High Court Justice Kenneth Hayne (right) presented awards to Cathy McGowan and Speaker Tony Smith.
DUO OF INTEGRITY: ART chair Fiona McLeod (left) and retired High Court Justice Kenneth Hayne (right) presented awards to Cathy McGowan and Speaker Tony Smith.

Former Indi MP Cathy McGowan has used her acceptance of an integrity award as an opportunity to push the federal government to show "compassion and mercy" to asylum seekers being held in off-shore detention.

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