Reality 101
October 31st, 2009
I was under the distinct impression that Rudd thought the Christmas Island detention centre was a white elephant. What is it now then?
KEVIN Rudd is preparing to double the size of Australia’s Christmas Island detention centre in a stark confirmation that his government expects a continuing flood of asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka.
The multi-million-dollar upgrade, sparked by a sharp increase in boatpeople arrivals in the past month, is expected to lift the facility’s capacity to as much as 2300.
See also:
- Who would have thought? (February 9th, 2010)
- Don’t know don’t care (February 9th, 2010)
- Abbott on Insider (February 7th, 2010)
- Craig Emerson: let them eat cake (February 6th, 2010)
- The Great Illusionist (February 6th, 2010)
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