Staff concerns There is concern that staff at Western Australia's Port Hedland Detention Centre were misinformed about the weekend operation to forcibly remove 22 inmates. Partners of Australasian Correctional Management employees have told union delegates their spouses were informed they would be going to Exmouth to retrieve asylum seekers. They were also told to take their passports to work. Paul Asplin from the Australian Workers Union, which represents many of ACM staff's partners at mining operations in Port Hedland, says there are also many occupational health and safety concerns at the centre. Mr Ruddock says the weekend raid has not made tensions at the detention centre worse and that the use of 170 officers to pick out trouble makers was necessary.
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The film La Spagnola is going against the odds to succeed in the Australian film market. When Coles Myer and Daimaru this week announced plans to axe the jobs of 2,000 workers, they were consigning the unfortunates to the same ranks as the 10,000 plus who will have lost their jobs with Ansett even after its return to the skies. A royal row has broken out in Britain over a film crew which has been discovered stalking Prince William during his first week at university.