Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar JDFN would have positively identified the attack realtime. The report found that ground operators at Nurrungar played a part in the tragedy, which the Air Force described as a "worst case combination of events"; these were in turn compounded by failures in the MIM-104 Patriot intercept system deployed near the Dhahran base itself. After September 1999 its operations were moved to the Joint Defense Facility Pine Gap, near Alice Springs, and ownership of the premises was transferred to the Woomera Test Range (headquartered in Adelaide). The ADF now uses the site occasionally for army test and evaluation work under the
Immigration detention in Australia The current immigration detention program has been viewed as detrimental to Australia's interests in three ways: (1) the people subjected to the detention programs endure inhumane conditions, (2) those working in the detention centres often subjected to emotionally jarring situations and (3) Australia's reputation as a fair and just nation has been eroded or fractured. The government often cites deterrence to frame the context in which their policies operate, Timing is also of concern, with many refugees and asylum seekers reporting being detained for several years before receiving status determination from the government. While the immigration detention program draws some