The federal government has quietly extended its refugee contract for Nauru, handing Queensland firm Canstruct $221 million for the six months to June 30 or $10,000 a day for each detainee on the island.
The extension takes the total amount earned by the Murphy family’s private company to $1.4 billion since September 2017 and came even though the number of detainees on the island had fallen to about 120.
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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com
