Refugee medical flights from Christmas Island to the mainland could cost up to $100,000 each

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New figures reveal the potential drain on the public purse if hundreds of asylum seekers with complex health needs are transferred to the remote territory.

 

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Medevac charter flight cost $100k it was PR stunt b4 election by d Indep&Greens In Greece&Turkey d refugees r much worse They dont get dole or healthcare MSF has to go there rarely It was a stunt wasting time instead of getting on with banking law

Rubbish. I'll fly them here for half that $100k must be the rate PeterDutton_MP negotiated with Paladin...

$50,000 a year for a refugee visa in Nauru, me thinks the Nauru government won't be letting these little human cash cows go anywhere.

Too funny. Backfire is about to land.

Same as what cost us for Julie Bishop to fly her LAY from Perth to east coast in chartered plane So she could get laid

Vote liberal people.

Cruelty is an expensive business.

Well, if the current government can waste $443million on upgrades for C/Island and $442million dollars on the Barrier Reef, this is just a drop in the ocean. AND, I would like to double check those figures, doesn't sound right.

And how's that are coming on airforce one are they

I’m sick of hearing about this! Once again, Ill informed agenda driven politicians who fail to think about the bigger picture of their ideological brain farts and their long term effects that ultimately cost the country an exorbitant amount of money! They need to be accountable!

I would like to see the costing on that. Definitely serving of my bullshit meter

Indep &Greens r just using Nauru refugees as a PR stunt Medevac'd cost $100k a bloody joke We pamper them w dole&free healthcare so we r a target destination They r paying smugglers $8k on a deal that they would get care &dole support Very good deal It is why Oz&Germany r target

Hardworking taxpayer here, and I don't approve of this shit.

nah book em to travel with hello world

Lefties!!

Send Phelps the invoice

Take it out of government mp paychecks

HkarterKarter So what hillsong fuckknuckle inbred cockwambling LNP linked company gets this contract?

Wow fakenews supporting LiberalAus propaganda. The current medical evacuation bill onmly allows for evacuations from current detainees. Christmas Island has no detainees and is excluded from the bill.

Just the way the lnp fear machine works

Perhaps the $423 million GIVEN to an unkown company with no track record has the funds to pay for this then?

How much would it cost to Cairns or Brisbane?

Money be better spent on our own ..farmers...Aboriginal kids...poor

We pay millions each year to provide medical care in remote areas so this is not surprising

More rorts. Someone or some organisation is benefitting from refugees treatments. That amount of money can’t be right. Send a mercy ship in its place.

If we didn't spend so much money on mistreating these people they wouldn't need expensive medical evacuation.

Medivac, Bill Shorten supports Christmas Island for Medivac Today Labor MPs wont support Christmas Island for Medivac

Blame Phelps. Send her the bill!

Obviously not using Helloworld.

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