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Curtin Immigration Detention Centre is an Australian immigration detention facility in the Kimberley in Western Australia at 17°36'14.58"S 123°49'14.28"E. Curtin was described by former Immigration minister, Philip Ruddock, as the country's "most primitive" processing centre. It was shut down by the Howard government following a riot in 2002 but was re-opened in 2010 by its successor - the Rudd-Gillard government. Being run by Serco Asia Pacific who also run Villawood and other detention centres in Australia.[1] The controversial move has been seen by commentators as a reversal by the Australian Labor Party of its policy towards detention.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Mixed reaction to reopening of Curtin detention centre". ABC. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Detention centre a 'living hell hole'". The Age. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Curtin Detention Centre". Refugee Action Collective (Victoria). April 2010. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

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