Curtin Detention Centre and Howard Government

Western Australia: It was the second incarnation of an immigration detention centre at the Curtin RAAF base, about 40 kilometres south of the small north-west town in Western Australia, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The Howard government first established the detention centre in 1999, but closed it after unrest and rioting in 2002. Map: Derby 6728 The town of Derby in the west Kimberley region is counting the costs after last year closure of the Curtin Detention Centre took up to 400 direct jobs. There a lot of sleepless nights, a marriage breakdown, the whole lot. Declining detainee numbers following the Federal Government offshore detention policy led to the May 2014 announcement that Curtin would be closed in mid-2015. Small business owner Scott Mills It was then re-established in 2010 under the Rudd/Gillard government and held over 1,000 detainees at its peak. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.