Sky News Australia | $2bn to go to asylum battle and centres The Australian THE government will provide $2 billion across four years for the offshore processing of asylum-seekers in the face of a $1.2bn blowout in costs since Labor's pre-election economic statement in August. In his address to the National Press Club, Joe Hockey ... Australia's Pacific asylum-seeker camps to cost $2.25 billion Australia's Pacific Asylum-Seeker Camps to Cost $2 Billion Offshore asylum detention to cost over $2 billion: budget update |