> * From 2019-24 Home Affairs recorded a total of 2,670 incidents of self-harm or threatened self-harm, an average of 1.54 reported incidents every day.
> * To house a detainee in detention it cost the Australian government $428,542 per person, per year, over the 2020-21 financial year, compared to $54,798 in community detention.
> * Advocates are calling for detainees to be housed in community detention where they have greater freedom and better mental health outcomes, and for onshore facilities to be abolished.
Prestigious-Gain2451 on
But it garners votes in the important demographics…. /S
GrouchyLimit606 on
Good. Hopefully it deters other criminals from trying to break into the country.
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> * From 2019-24 Home Affairs recorded a total of 2,670 incidents of self-harm or threatened self-harm, an average of 1.54 reported incidents every day.
> * To house a detainee in detention it cost the Australian government $428,542 per person, per year, over the 2020-21 financial year, compared to $54,798 in community detention.
> * Advocates are calling for detainees to be housed in community detention where they have greater freedom and better mental health outcomes, and for onshore facilities to be abolished.
But it garners votes in the important demographics…. /S
Good. Hopefully it deters other criminals from trying to break into the country.