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December 09, 2025

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 medical facilities are ‘insufficient’ to...

December 04, 2025

‘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 food is so expensive

November 26, 2025

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 still signing $2.5bn deportation deal

November 25, 2025

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 begun deporting to his country are not...

November 21, 2025

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’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has...

November 20, 2025

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 ‘for internal purposes only’

November 11, 2025

Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island

President David Adeang was spotted by ABC cameras as Nauru received its fourth member from the NZYQ cohort

November 04, 2025

Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates

Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man were chartered to the former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person

October 28, 2025

First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation

Deal between federal government and Nauru expected to last 30 years and apply to around 350 people released under high court’s NZYQ ruling

October 02, 2025

Refugees and 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 can not afford food and are forced to...

September 28, 2025

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of...

August 30, 2025

Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru

An agreement relating to the NZYQ cohort, who previously faced indefinite immigration detention, was signed by home affairs minister Tony Burke on...

Nauru Articles

Australia deporting refugee to Nauru may cause his ‘imminent’ and ‘preventable’ death, court hears

‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20

Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding

Nauru president floats returning NZYQ refugees to home countries

A translation of the Nauruan president’s remarks will stay suppressed for a decade – but secrecy in Australia’s offshore policy is nothing new

Secret translation of Nauruan president’s interview on NZYQ deal with Australia to stay suppressed for decade

Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island

Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates

First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation

Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru