Julia Gillard Softens Up On Asylum-seekers

The Gillard government has altered the policy on asylum-seekers, opening two more detention centres to house 2000 would-be refugees. According to an article written in the Australian.

Gillard has given in to pressures to release children and their families into the community. She announced plans for new centres in Northam, northeast of Perth, and Inverbrackie, in the Adelaide Hills.

The new detention centre at Northam will house about 1500 men and will cost $164.5 million and Inverbrackie $9.7m. Some of this funding has already been provided in the budget and the July economic statement.

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