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Leaked photos of Papua New Guinea prison reveal ‘torture’ of 18 asylum seekers cut off from world

Exclusive: Conditions inside Australia-funded Bomana centre prompted dozens to agree to return to country of originLeaked pictures from inside Papua New Guinea’s Bomana immigration detention centre have given a glimpse of where up to 20 asylum seekers …

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‘Blanket secrecy’ surrounds Australian weapons sales to countries accused of war crimes

Defence department refuses to reveal extent of exports as arms sold to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Democratic Republic of CongoAustralian companies are selling weapons and military technology to countries around the world accused of war crimes, bu…

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Australia, Fiji’s prayers are with you but we know they aren’t enough to fight the climate crisis | Frank Bainimarama

The summer has seen another cyclone in Fiji and terrible fires in Australia. We don’t need to be scientists to know that something is very wrong hereAs the world rang in a new year, for Oceania, the images that marked the beginning of the decade weren’…

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Scott Morrison ‘inclined’ to cancel India trip as bushfire crisis continues

Prime minister reverses position on visit where coal was expected to feature heavily, just hours after saying trip was ‘still the plan’ Just hours after saying it was “still the plan” to go to India later this month for trade and defence talks, Scott M…

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New Zealand would be honoured to take Behrouz Boochani. Australia be damned | Morgan Godfery

The moral case for the former Manus island detainee becoming a citizen is as simple as ‘asylum is a human right’I wonder if it winds up Peter Dutton to know that Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish-Iranian journalist, award-winning author and former Manus Is…

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Marise Payne travels to New Zealand in wake of volcano disaster after death toll rises to 16

Foreign affairs minister’s visit comes after Australian victim dies in Sydney hospital on SundayAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, is set to arrive in New Zealand to meet with its prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, in the wake of the coun…

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