Flynn, Australian Capital Territory Flynn, Australian Capital Territory Flynn (postcode: 2615) is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after John Flynn, who was a Presbyterian Minister and Missionary who was mainly responsible for the formation of the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical service in 1928. Flynn was the forerunner of the Flying Doctor Service in Australia. Streets in Flynn are named after workers in the flying doctor service and the suburb name 'Flynn' was gazetted on 9 September 1971. Flynn is located between Tillyard Drive, Kingsford Smith Drive and Ginninderra Drive
Punishment in Australia the U.S. which was 8.4%. Modern prison privatisation began in the U.S. and Australia followed shortly thereafter. On the 2nd of January 1990, Borallon Correctional Centre opened as the first private prison in Australia, located in Queensland. Borallon was managed by the Corrections Company of Australia (which was owned by John Holland Group, Wormald International, Corrections Corporation of America). In 2007 Serco won the bid to take over the prison. In 2012 Borallon closed. In 2016 it reopened as a government-operated prison. In 1992, the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre opened, as the second private prison in Queensland, managed by GEO