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January 06, 2026

Anger in Papua New Guinea after Starlink ordered to shut down internet services

In mid-December PNG said the company did not have a licence to operate in the country and ordered it to halt operationsFrustration is growing in...

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 22, 2025

New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passportA...

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 18, 2025

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

Prime minister says fight over hosting rights jeopardises global unity needed for action to help Pacific islandsCop30: click h...

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 07, 2025

‘Long on talk and short on action’: Papua New Guinea leader criticises Cop climate summits ahead of Brazil meeting

James Marape skipped the meeting last year in protest but will attend Cop30 due to ‘encouraging signs’ on climate financePapua New Guinea’s prime...

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

Pacific-islands Articles

Anger in Papua New Guinea after Starlink ordered to shut down internet services

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

New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

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

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

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

‘Long on talk and short on action’: Papua New Guinea leader criticises Cop climate summits ahead of Brazil meeting

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