Cost for Australia's offshore immigration detention near $5 billion

By Tom McIlroy
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:46pm, first published July 17 2017 - 8:51pm

Australia's offshore immigration detention program has cost the federal government at least $5 billion since 2012, new figures have confirmed.

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