It costs more to house a detainee on Manus Island for a day than a night at 5-star Sydney hotel

By Michael West
Updated June 6 2014 - 7:08am, first published June 5 2014 - 8:42am
A room at the five star Sheraton on the Park in Sydney is cheaper than the cost of housing a detainee on Manus Island for one day. Photo: Supplied
A room at the five star Sheraton on the Park in Sydney is cheaper than the cost of housing a detainee on Manus Island for one day. Photo: Supplied
It costs nearly $75,000 a year to house a detainee on Manus Island. Photo: Supplied
It costs nearly $75,000 a year to house a detainee on Manus Island. Photo: Supplied

Detention centre operator G4S could put an asylum seeker up at Sydney's sumptuous Sheraton on the Park for less than is charged to the government for an evening on Manus Island, but opaque accounting means key financial details of its Australian operation remain hidden from view.

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