Lost revenue demanded from delinquent OZschwitz statists, after asylum seekers housed at club

On a midweek afternoon the Cocos Club is a hive of activity.

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The club, in the bustling community hub of West Island, home to about 120 people in the Cocos Islands cluster, is run by a small co-operative of islanders. But this tiny place, just 14 kilometres long, has found itself unwittingly thrust into the national asylum debate.

The Cocos Islands, an Australian territory just over halfway between Sri Lanka and Australia, has not traditionally been part of the people smugglers' trade route but, at one point last year, the islanders say, about four boats were arriving from Sri Lanka each week.

With scant facilities on the island, federal authorities commandeered the social club - which is owned by the Commonwealth and leased to the co-operative - about half a dozen times in 2011 and last year to temporarily house asylum seekers while preparations were made to send them to Christmas Island. The club's management say they should be paid for their lost revenue during these times and for the use of the facility.
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Increasingly angered by the attitude of the federal government, the club has sent increasingly high bills and demands for payment to the Department of Immigration. It is now asking for about $79,000.

''It's just frustrating,'' club manager Maxine McCartney said. ''We're a forgotten little dot of fly poo in the Indian Ocean.''

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Lost revenue demanded from delinquent OZschwitz statists, after asylum seekers housed at club

Lost revenue demanded from delinquent OZschwitz statists, after asylum seekers housed at club

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