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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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By Peyman Jamali, Steve Trask

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