カテゴリー: Christmas Island
Three-year-old and her family held in immigration facility for years as government fights to deport themThe plight of a three-year old girl who has spent nearly her entire life in Australian immigration detention facilities has galvanised opposition to…
About 200 Australians face another 14 days of isolation after more than two weeks in quarantine on the ship in JapanA horror holiday is close to being over for the hundreds of Australians stuck on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan.About 200 Austra…
Australians evacuated from Wuhan will board three chartered flights on MondayThe first cohort of Australian evacuees are set to leave quarantine on Christmas Island on Monday, with no reported cases of the new coronavirus among the 277 Australian citiz…
Exclusive: As they prepare for their final hearing, the only asylum seekers on the island hope they, too, will be soon be able to return homeTime, for all, passes slowly in detention on Christmas Island.But for the family of Tamil asylum seekers Nadesa…
Qantas awaits final approval from China, with evacuees possibly being quarantined in Inpex mining village in Northern TerritoryCoronavirus: cruise ship cases rise to 61 – live updatesA second Qantas coronavirus evacuation flight is scheduled to fly ove…
Thirty-five Australian citizens and permanent residents, including 13 children and infants, have arrived on Christmas Island from Wuhan for a 14-day quarantine. They join 241 other Australians evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavir…
Thirty-five Australian citizens and permanent residents, including several children and infants, land on Thursday morning for quarantineThe second wave of Wuhan evacuees has arrived into quarantine on Christmas Island.Thirty-five Australian citizens an…
Chinese national from Wuhan is a member of same tour group associated with Queensland’s three other casesAustralia’s 14th case of coronavirus was confirmed by Queensland health on Wednesday evening as Peter Dutton flagged that Australians being evacuat…
Upon arrival in Auckland, Australian citizens likely to be flown to Christmas Island for quarantiningTrapped Australians still seeking a way out of the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan will be able to board a New Zealand government evacuation flight to l…
Crew member says Qantas has dismissed staff concerns, but airline says it is following advice that quarantine period is unnecessary Qantas flight crew have raised concerns that the 14-member cabin crew responsible for bringing evacuated Australians out…
Charter flight carrying 72 people is first of four flights taking evacuees from WA to the island where they will be quarantined for two weeks• Death toll passes 360 in China, passing Sars fatalities – follow latest updates The first Australians evacuat…
Plane will fly from Wuhan to Darwin, where those on board will then be transported to Christmas IslandA Qantas flight bound for Wuhan to evacuate Australians trapped in China in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak left Sydney on Sunday afternoon.There…
Pregnant women and elderly Australians in Wuhan also worried about health facilities on Christmas IslandHundreds of Australians trapped in the city of Wuhan could miss out on the government’s proposed evacuation to Christmas Island as transport is shut…
Rui Severino calls proposal to quarantine Australians in offshore detention centre ‘outrageous’ An Australian man currently under lockdown in Wuhan says the government’s proposal to quarantine Australians in the Christmas Island detention centre is “ou…
Scott Morrison says vulnerable will be flown out of Chinese province and isolated for up to 14 days in joint New Zealand operation• China coronavirus outbreak – latest updatesAustralia has unveiled plans to evacuate some of its nationals from Wuhan and…