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‘Bring them home’: fresh calls for release of family in Australian detention centre
Three-year-old and her family held in immigration facility for years as government fights to deport themThe pl…
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Australians stuck on coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship prepare to evacuate to Darwin
About 200 Australians face another 14 days of isolation after more than two weeks in quarantine on the ship in…
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First Australian evacuees set to leave Christmas Island after no reported cases of coronavirus
Australians evacuated from Wuhan will board three chartered flights on MondayThe first cohort of Australian ev…
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Biloela family wait in Christmas Island limbo as Wuhan evacuees see out quarantine
Exclusive: As they prepare for their final hearing, the only asylum seekers on the island hope they, too, will…
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Coronavirus: second Australian flight from Wuhan to take evacuees to disused village near Darwin
Qantas awaits final approval from China, with evacuees possibly being quarantined in Inpex mining village in N…
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More Australian coronavirus evacuees arrive on Christmas Island to be quarantined – video
Thirty-five Australian citizens and permanent residents, including 13 children and infants, have arrived on Ch…
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Second wave of evacuees from coronavirus-hit Wuhan arrive on Christmas Island
Thirty-five Australian citizens and permanent residents, including several children and infants, land on Thurs…
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Coronavirus: 14th Australian case confirmed as Dutton says people could be sent to mining camps
Chinese national from Wuhan is a member of same tour group associated with Queensland’s three other casesAustr…
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Australians trapped in coronavirus epicentre Wuhan can take New Zealand evacuation flight
Upon arrival in Auckland, Australian citizens likely to be flown to Christmas Island for quarantiningTrapped A…
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Coronavirus Australia: Qantas staff alarmed Wuhan flight crew will not be quarantined
Crew member says Qantas has dismissed staff concerns, but airline says it is following advice that quarantine …
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Coronavirus: first group of Australian evacuees taken to Christmas Island
Charter flight carrying 72 people is first of four flights taking evacuees from WA to the island where they wi…
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Coronavirus: Qantas flight leaves Sydney to evacuate Australians stuck in China
Plane will fly from Wuhan to Darwin, where those on board will then be transported to Christmas IslandA Qantas…
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Australians in Hubei could miss evacuation flight because of transport shutdown
Pregnant women and elderly Australians in Wuhan also worried about health facilities on Christmas IslandHundre…
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Australian man in Wuhan says many Aussies will stay rather than go to Christmas Island
Rui Severino calls proposal to quarantine Australians in offshore detention centre ‘outrageous’ An Australian …
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Australian coronavirus evacuees to be quarantined on Christmas Island
Scott Morrison says vulnerable will be flown out of Chinese province and isolated for up to 14 days in joint N…