Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I made clear, we are increasing the capacity on Christmas Island as a response to the increased number of arrivals. We have a range of contingency measures available, including additional accommodation in buildings other than those that have been traditionally used for detention. If absolutely required we have tents available, as used under the previous government. But, as you would be aware, we also have organised for transportable buildings—better known in Western Australia as dongas—to be transported from the Northern Territory to Christmas Island to provide additional capacity. Those will be coming online in the next month or so. So we are providing additional capacity to ensure that we can meet what we need to do on Christmas Island.