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Coalition counts cost of delay to US refugee deal in budget
$713,000 has been allocated to fund the Nauru and Manus centres – well above the $434,000 the government forecast
Spending on offshore detention centres has not been reduced in the federal budget to reflect the refugee resettlement agreement with the United States because of the deep uncertainty surrounding the arrangement.
For 2017-18 the government has budgeted $713,641 for offshore detention, lower than the…