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‘Bullsbrook is not a Band-Aid’: Locals reject prison plans at quarantine facility

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The state government’s feasibility study regarding the conversion of the Bullsbrook quarantine facility into a prison has angered local residents.

Press PLAY to hear Colin Butland discuss the Bullsbrook quarantine facility

Bullsbrook resident Colin Butland told 6PR Drive host Jamie Burnett that the facility consists of nothing more than “dongers”, arguing that the mere suggestion of a prison in the area is damaging to the community.

“If they can’t run their prisons that they’ve got properly, then they need to sort that out themselves; they don’t come to Bullsbrook and use our facilities to put Band-Aids on their own problems”, he said.

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