Home Affairs awards $20 million maintenance contract for near-empty Christmas Island

The near-empty Christmas Island facility has cost the federal government almost $27 million since it was reopened last year.

A guard stands at the entry door during a tour of the North West Point Detention Centre on Christmas Island.

A guard stands at the entry door during a tour of the North West Point Detention Centre on Christmas Island. Source: AAP


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Published 28 October 2019 1:05pm
Updated 12 August 2022 3:22pm
By Peyman Jamali, Steve Trask


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