Christmas Island detention centre cost $27 million to 'detain four people'

It’s been revealed almost $27 million has been spent reopening the Christmas Island detention centre this year with only four people so far detained at the facility.


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Published 23 October 2019 9:26am
Updated 12 August 2022 3:22pm
By Mehdi Gholizadeh, Tom Stayner


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