Andrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I say to the member for Isaacs that I will need to get those details for her. I have been through it all, and you are right: there are savings in some areas and costs in others. I am happy to get a detailed response to show where the $78 million in net savings occurred. We are talking here about a lot of facilities. There is $4.9 million being spent at Baxter. Of course, there are the improvements to the Darwin detention facility, which again are quite significant and very important. But we have shelved, as you say, the intention to build detention centres in Queensland and Victoria. There is a significant saving associated with that. With respect to the upgrading of Maribyrnong and Villawood, in response to your earlier query, I think that is likely to be the result. Another option is being considered to see whether there are some financial savings. That has not been concluded but I understand that it is more likely that the Villawood plans as originally decided will be proceeded with. But I will come back with a detailed response to that question.

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