Fed: Christmas Island detention centre stand-off over
A stand-off between staff and detainees in the Christmas Island detention centre isover, but the centre's dining hall is gutted.
An Immigration Department spokeswoman says the stand-off ended after talks betweenthe two sides about 2000 AEDT.
Detainees armed with pipes set fire to the island centre's dining hall and took overa compound today.
The spokeswoman says the detainees have returned to their compound and all is quiet,but the dining hall has been gutted.
Overnight there was a fire at the Woomera centre in South Australia's outback.
Four Australian detention centres have now been hit by deliberately-lit fires whichwill cost taxpayers more than $8 million.
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KEYWORD: DETENTION (ADELAIDE)
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