Why is Rudd building detention centres in Australia if he's sending all boat people to PNG? Kevin Rudd's promise: As of today, asylum seekers who come here by boat without a visa will never be settled in Australia. If that were true, then why is Rudd building new detention centres in Australia? The Federal Government has set aside tens of millions of dollars for a new immigration detention centre in the Hunter region of New South Wales. The Government used yesterday's budget update to allocate $43 million for a new detention centre at Singleton. It says the plan is to potentially house more than 1,000 asylum seekers at the Defence Force base there. It has also allocated almost $90 million to eventually accommodate up to 1,000 people at Blaydin Point near Darwin. If the people smugglers don't believe Rudd, and Rudd doesn't believe Rudd, why should voters believe Rudd? You see, it's busy at Christmas Island this weekend: Reader Jeff of FNQ: First vessel is approx. 340 kms from Christmas Island whilst second vessel is 120 kms. ACV Triton appears to be heading to the second vessel. Meanwhile Rudd tries to paper over the damage from an earlier decision by spending more borrowed money: But industry experts have already slammed the offer - $100 million a year over two years - saying it will cover only a fraction of the increase in FBT on company cars... Thanks to readers Peter of Bellevue Hill, Jeff, happy little debunker and Smallville.