Spend one billion dollars in Tasmania and save four billion in taxpayer dollars.That's the economic case being made by business people in Launceston who want asylum seekers processed in Tasmania instead of in offshore detetion centres.Called the Tasmania Opportunity, the proposal would include allowing people to live and work in the community.The United Nations Committee Against Torture has grilled Australia on its human rights record.Conditions in Immigration Detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru came under particular scrunity.The federal government has announced plans for a new watchdog for detention centre service providers. Our presenter Maheswaran Prabaharan reports in Tamil a feature prepared by Greg Dyett and Brooke Boney for SBS News.
Spend one billion dollars in Tasmania and save four billion in taxpayer dollars.That's the economic case being made by business people in Launceston who want asylum seekers processed in Tasmania instead of in offshore detetion centres.Called the Tasmania Opportunity, the proposal would include allowing people to live and work in the community.The United Nations Committee Against Torture has grilled Australia on its human rights record.Conditions in Immigration Detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru came under particular scrunity.The federal government has announced plans for a new watchdog for detention centre service providers. Our presenter Maheswaran Prabaharan reports in Tamil a feature prepared by Greg Dyett and Brooke Boney for SBS News.
