Christopher Back (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Carr. I refer the minister to the Curtin detention centre, near Derby in Western Australia, the complete lack of any consultation with that community and the failure of the government to address their concerns on the number of asylum seekers to be housed on the base. I ask the minister: why does the government continue to deny that there are plans for a further expansion of that centre to lift the capacity to house 3,000 asylum seekers, when construction work on stage 3 at Curtin is already well advanced?