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When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days
Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What ho…
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Many Afghan Australians felt grateful to the Liberal party. That faith is shaken | Shadi Khan Saif
Australia’s strength has never come from purity tests or cultural fear. It has come from beautiful human overl…
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Australia deporting refugee to Nauru may cause his ‘imminent’ and ‘preventable’ death, court hears
Legal team of man who was part of cohort of non-citizens freed after high court decision argues Nauru’s medica…
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‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
Prohibited from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because foo…
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Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding
Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet stil…
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Nauru president floats returning NZYQ refugees to home countries
In newly translated excerpts of a February interview, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has beg…
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A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade – but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new
From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ …
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Secret translation of Nauruan president’s interview on NZYQ deal with Australia to stay suppressed for decade
Penny Wong says translation notes were ‘taken hastily’ by official who was not accredited translator and were …
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Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person
The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they ca…
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Bateteba left what once felt like ‘the safest place in the world’ to build a life in Australia. Thousands hope to follow
With more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population applying for ‘climate visas’, the tiny South Pacific island nation’s…
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Fifty years since the sky fell: how the Vietnam war changed Australia
On the anniversary of Liberation Day, members of Australia’s Vietnamese community look back at the sacrifices …
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Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family
Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained docto…
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Number of asylum seekers on Nauru jumps as Australia transfers 37 people who arrived by boat
Deterrence policy against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three vessels arriving in a week in MayGet…
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Stay or go? Offered a future away from home, Tuvalu’s people face a painful choice
Australia’s visa offer to residents of the Pacific island nation in the face of the climate crisis stokes mixe…
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Refugees in PNG told they will be evicted next week after Australian-sponsored housing bills not paid
Australian-funded humanitarian program has not funded housing, food and medical services for over a year, prov…