Government spent $78 million transporting asylum seekers
Protesters demand the resettlement of children held on Nauru Source: AAP
The Australian government spent $78 million on the transfer of people between detention centres onshore and offshore, as well as on deportations, in the last financial year, SBS News can reveal. By comparison, last financial year’s federal budget set aside $17 million for natural disaster relief and $52 million to support the dairy industry.
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