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Burger shop fire not religiously motivated, police say; Optus fallout continues – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Nauru walkout stuns Pacific summit before landmark deal

Nauru President David Adeang says he isn't pulling his country from the Pacific Islands Forum, while Australia will offer resettlement to Tuvalu residents.

AAP

Nauru drops out of Pacific leaders retreat

Hopes were high going into this year's retreat that the division of the past two years between Micronesia and the rest of the forum had been put to rest but that isn't the case.

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Pacific Islands Forum dances around Nauru tensions

Pacific Islands Forum leaders are set to revisit their unity pact, the Suva Agreement, at their leaders' retreat in the Cook Islands.

AAP

Labor accused of ‘outrageous secrecy’ as border force confirms 11 asylum seekers sent to Nauru

Officials refuse to answer questions at Senate estimates about the first transfer to immigration detention on the island in nine years

The Guardian - AU

Asylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australian government only months after last detainees were removed

Exclusive: Guardian Australia understands the group – believed to be 11 people – was intercepted in September and taken to the Pacific nation

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Attempt to call off Nauru bribery case; Byron Airbnb cap delay; death at flooded Burning Man

Authorities accused of mishandling Nauru bribery investigation; NSW officials mull over proposed cap on Airbnbs in Byron

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Queensland company accused of bribery in Nauru says charge should be dropped as fair trial ‘impossible’

Lawyers for Getax Australia say ‘unjustified and inexplicable delays’ from the prosecution mean evidence has been lost and essential witnesses have died

The Guardian - AU

Dutton wasn’t told details of Bhojani bribery investigation as it was not ‘custom and practice’, AFP tells estimates

Federal police say they did not tell then home affairs minister name of man who was subject of Nauru investigation or that department had contracts with him

The Guardian - AU

AFP concedes it was incorrect to say Peter Dutton received briefing on Bhojani foreign bribery matter

ACT chief police officer Neil Gaughan says ‘Mr Dutton was not briefed in relation to Radiance International or Mr Bhojani’

The Guardian - AU

Labor launches inquiry into home affairs procurement after ‘serious issues’ with Nauru contracts

The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, says revelations about contracts with company linked to a foreign bribery case ‘merit detailed and thorough examination’

The Guardian - AU

Home affairs may have misled Senate over Nauru contracts linked to man convicted over bribery

Exclusive: Department claimed accommodation contracts with companies linked to Mozammil Gulamabbas Bhojani could not be cancelled – despite containing termination clauses

The Guardian - AU

Countries at loggerheads over the future of deep sea mining

Nations opposed to deep sea mineral mining and those in favour of exploiting the oceans’ depths butted heads in Jamaica on Wednesday

The Hindu

How do tech bros plan to ride out Armageddon? Living it up on their private islands

‘Effective altruist’ Sam Bankman-Fried supposedly wanted to buy the Pacific state of Nauru to build a doomsday bunker. Meanwhile, in the real world, quite a few other things need fixing, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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The Guardian - US

Bankman-Fried planned to buy Nauru and build apocalypse bunker – lawsuit

Lawsuit filed against FTX founder, 31, includes memo that detailed plans to purchase Pacific island in case world came to an end

The Conversation

Mining the seabed for clean-tech minerals could destroy ecosystems. Will it get the green light?

A little-known organisation is meeting this week in a conference centre in Jamaica. The rules the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are drafting could have immense impact.

Al Jazeera

Nauru prepares to mine deep seas in big climate controversy

Nauru sees rare earth metals as key to the green transition. But mining them could threaten vital marine ecosystems.

The Guardian - UK

Future of deep-sea mining hangs in balance as opposition grows

Ireland and Sweden join countries calling for moratorium on extraction of metals from seabed as UN-backed authority prepares for crucial talks

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The Guardian - AU

After the Morrison government, we hoped for a new way on refugees. Instead it is a brutal business as usual

The last refugee is off Nauru, but Australians will still pay $350m a year to keep the island’s detention centre ready for future arrivals

WEKU

Australia brings its last refugee on the Pacific island of Nauru to its mainland

Australia's government, which announced earlier this month that it would be moving refugees off of Nauru, confirmed to media that it will pay $350 million annually to keep the Nauru facility open.

Al Jazeera

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia

While offshore policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG.

Bangkok Post

Australia to spend millions on empty refugee hub

Australia will continue funding its controversial offshore detention processing centre on the Pacific island of Nauru even as the facility’s remaining refugees leave, in an effort to dissuade people-smugglers from sending boats to the country, according to local media.

The Guardian - AU

Australia to move last refugee from offshore processing on Nauru – but its cruelty and cost are not over

Despite the ostensible end to offshore processing on the Pacific island, the architecture and ‘inhuman’ policy remain

Al Jazeera

Families seek UN help over Australia’s notorious refugee policies

Families forced apart by offshore scheme argue Australia has breached its international humanitarian obligations.

The Canberra Times

Refugee's hard road to Canberra and freedom

Zerghona Jawadi's extraordinary story of trial and triumph.

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