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Australia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?

Many of the more than 100 people awaiting processing on the tiny Pacific island are skipping meals to make ends meet, a new survey has found

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Asylum-seekers on Nauru face food, water shortages

Asylum seekers in community detention in Nauru are struggling to access enough food and most are rarely about to afford fresh items, a report says.

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Compo cost unknown after High Court detention ruling

Just how much taxpayers will be billed following a High Court ruling on unlawful detention is still being examined.

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Non-citizens held in indefinite detention in Australia could get millions of dollars in compensation after government’s high court loss

Human rights lawyers and refugee advocacy groups are lauding the decision as a ‘significant outcome’

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Federal officials grilled over Nauru detention contract

The government has faced questions at a Senate inquiry over a more-than $700,000 agreement with a company linked to Nauru's president.

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Australia’s high court orders ankle bracelets be removed and curfews end for 43 former immigration detainees

Labor’s preventative detention regime suffers blow as court finds tough laws for NZYQ group are unconstitutional

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Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown

Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US

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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

Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive

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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 still signing $2.5bn deportation deal

The Guardian - AU

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 refugees

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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’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostility

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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 ‘for internal purposes only’

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'Arc up': offshore detention mired in corruption claims

Australia's offshore detention outpost in Nauru is under a corruption spotlight after claims of government oversight failures for taxpayer-funded contracts.

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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 can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

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Split over China but Pacific nations united on climate

A rare moment in the world spotlight for Pacific nations has been marked by differing views on China but a unity ticket for global action on climate.

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'Exploitation': Australia criticised over Nauru deal

People stripped of their visas and fighting their deportations in court have been dealt a major blow as laws pass to strip them of certain legal rights.

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Australia's deportation deal with Nauru to cost $2.5b

Australia's deal with Nauru to deport ex-immigration detainees will cost taxpayers up to $2.5 billion over three decades, a parliamentary committee was told.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Abul Rizvi on how silence and stalling stoke anti-migrant fears

Immigration has once again become a hot button issue, from weekend protests featuring neo-Nazis to a new A$408 million deal with Nauru to accept former immigration detainees Australia cannot legally deport back to their own countries.

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Morning Mail: how the March for Australia mobilised, ‘insane’ Gaza Riviera plan, de Minaur reaches US Open quarter finals

Organisers have used the concerns of regular people to mask extreme views; opposition parties pile on government to change course on aged care and Nauru

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By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

The Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, revealed late last week he had visited Nauru in August and signed a memorandum of understanding with its government.

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View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it-takes to rid Australia of former detainees

The Albanese government’s deal with Nauru to take up to 280 former immigration detainees again shows both sides of politics will resort to drastic and expensive actions when faced with intractable issues around illegal non-citizens.

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Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa as part of a new deal to deport them.

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Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa as part of a new deal to deport them.

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Australia in the dark over China-Nauru development deal

Diplomats have defended Australia being in the dark on a $1 billion deal between Nauru and a Chinese company despite a security pact requiring consultation.

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Australia to probe $1b Chinese company deal with Nauru

The Albanese government has confirmed it is seeking confirmation whether Nauru's deal with a Chinese corporation has breached a security treaty with Australia.

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