Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has launched a scathing attack on the ABC's Four Corners program focused on Nauru, saying the broadcaster has been "drinking the Kool-Aid" and is on a crusade against government policy.

Key points: Four Corners aired report about the experiences of 755 refugees on Nauru

Four Corners aired report about the experiences of 755 refugees on Nauru Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says the ABC is acting as a political operative

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says the ABC is acting as a political operative The ABC's head of editorial policy Alan Sunderland stands by the Four Corners report

On Monday night, ABC aired a Four Corners program which detailed the experiences of 755 refugees living alongside the Nauruan community.

Mr Dutton said he declined an opportunity to conduct a pre-recorded interview for the program but offered to be available for a live interview after the program went to air, in order to provide details on refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru.

"We had offered to provide information to Four Corners, to the ABC, they didn't run it," Mr Dutton told 2GB this morning.

"We had offered to provide answers to questions and provide them with information that they could use as part of their program, they didn't take me up on the offer."

On Tuesday, the ABC's head of editorial policy, Alan Sunderland firmly stood by the Four Corners report on asylum seekers on Nauru.

"The program was accurate, it was well-researched, it was well-produced and it told a very compelling story," he told an estimates hearing.

"So I believe they did their job and they did it well."

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He confirmed no ABC journalist travelled to Nauru for the story.

It is very difficult for journalists to obtain a visa to enter Nauru.

Mr Dutton told 2GB the report was "one-sided" and ABC's managing director Michelle Guthrie "has a lot to answer".

"I think the ABC has well and truly taken the Kool-Aid here and they're following the lead of Fairfax and some of the others who are on a crusade because they hate the fact that we've stopped boats and they believe we should have open borders and they've turned themselves into political operatives," he said.

He also had some advice for future coverage of refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru.

"They say that they're trying to help people on Nauru, well, the best thing they could do, along with some of the advocates here, is say to these people, 'take the package, go back to your country of origin'."