Broadspectrum see out detention contract
AAP
The immigration department has been given assurance from a Spanish company that offshore detention centre operator Broadspectrum will see out the rest of its contract which expires in February next year.
Ferrovial Services is taking control of the business operating the Manus Island and Nauru detention centres and has signalled it plans to step away from the offshore processing facilities in the future.
The Spanish company now owns more than 50 per cent of ASX-listed Broadspectrum, formerly Transfield.
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Department secretary Michael Pezzullo told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday night it was "business as usual".
The department has a tender out for a new contractor.
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