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| Subject: OZschwitz opposition blames $1b detention costs on govt Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:47 am | |
| The opposition has again called on the federal government to reopen an immigration detention centre on Nauru now that it will cost taxpayers a reported $1 billion to accommodate asylum seekers in Australia.
The coalition also wants a return to temporary protection visas.
Security company Serco reportedly has negotiated a new four-year contract with the immigration department that goes from $299.2 million over four years in 2009 to $1.03 billion.
A separate contract to manage the immigration residential program doubled from $44.5 million to $85.6 million, News Limited said. |
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