Senate debates
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Questions without Notice
Asylum Seekers
2:00 pm
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source
Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the indications of expansion at Christmas Island which we heard at the last estimates, Minister, what is the current detention capacity of Christmas Island? Can the minister rule out transferring asylum seekers to mainland Australia if this capacity is exceeded?
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