1. Did you know that in January 2021 the Morrison Government paid a company $37 million to provide services for fewer than 150 asylum seekers on Nauru? That’s more than $250,000 PER PERSON! Thread 1/6
2. Canstruct International has been paid over $1 billion by the Liberal Government since it was given the Nauru contract without a competitive tender in November 2017 2/6 
3. In its first month, Canstruct was paid almost $25 million to provide welfare and garrison services to 963 refugees and 123 other asylum seekers on Nauru – or approximately $23,000 per person. 3/6
4. On 20 December 2018 and 1 July 2019 many of the services under the contract were transferred to the Government of Nauru – including all welfare services. 4/6
5. So how is it that in January 2021, Canstruct International was paid $12 million MORE - almost $37 million - to provide FEWER services to the tiny number of people still on Nauru? 5/6
6. Why is the Morrison Government paying this company more money to do less work for fewer people? 6/6
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