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Fact Check: Has the number of children in detention dropped from 2,000 to about 75 under the Coalition?

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Fact Check: Has the number of children in detention dropped from 2,000 to about 75 under the Coalition?
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claims that, since the Coalition came to power three years ago, more than 95 per cent of kids have been removed from immigration detention.
Verdict: Overreach

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2016
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All Rights Reserved
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open
Post date:
26 May 2020

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