The Australian Greens have called on Papua New Guinea to allow media onto Manus Island, so that a report into sexual violence can be verified.
The Greens' immigration spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, says allowing media access to the Australian-funded detention centres is essential to ensure that they are properly run and that refugees are treated with care.
She says if the Government doesn't have anything to hide, the recommendation should be acted upon immediately.
Senator Hanson-Young says the Government's obsession with secrecy around refugee arrivals and its attempts to keep the media and the public in the dark must change.
She says media access would help in the honest and open operation of the Manus Island detention centre.
Senator Hanson-Young says it's not good enough that the Australian media aren't allowed to set foot inside the centres, while taxpayers are funding them and the Immigration Department is running them.
