Nauru
Parent company of Nauru offshore operator fails to file reports in apparent breach of corporations law
Asic registers ‘report of misconduct’ against Canstruct owner Rard No 3 for failing to lodge financial reports with the corporate regulator
Ben Doherty
25, Jan, 2022 @11:00 PM
Nauru offshore regime to cost Australian taxpayers nearly $220m over next six months
Brisbane firm Canstruct International awarded eighth contract extension to provide ‘garrison and welfare services’ on the island
Ben Doherty
23, Jan, 2022 @4:30 PM
‘Everyone asks about Novak’ but Mehdi has languished for nine years in Australian immigration detention
The Iranian was 15 when he arrived by boat in Australia seeking sanctuary. Despite formal recognition as a refugee he hasn’t been free since – he turned 24 on Friday
Ben Doherty
07, Jan, 2022 @12:31 AM
Brisbane company worth just $8 when awarded $385m Nauru offshore processing contract
Since 2017 the contract – originally for $385m – has been amended seven times without competitive tender
Ben Doherty and Ben Butler
25, Nov, 2021 @4:30 PM
Albania angrily denies it would process asylum seekers for UK
PM Edi Rama says he will ‘never receive refugees for richer countries’ after Raab said UK was exploring plans
Matthew Weaver and Rajeev Syal
18, Nov, 2021 @5:13 PM
Cost of Australia holding each refugee on Nauru balloons to $4.3m a year
Exclusive: Taxpayer cost of offshore processing regime revealed as government remains silent on where $400m went
Ben Doherty and Nick Evershed
06, Nov, 2021 @7:00 PM
‘Time can break your heart’: the harsh toll of eight years in Australian immigration detention
Cousins Adnan and Mehdi were children when they arrived seeking sanctuary. They describe the despair of their ongoing confinement, seeing some friends freed and others die
Ben Doherty
31, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM
Court orders mute asylum seeker detained in Australia be released into community or moved to Nauru
Prolonged detention in Australia was contributing to poor mental health and it was clear man preferred liberty in Nauru, judge said
Ben Doherty
17, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM
Race to the bottom: the disastrous, blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
One of the largest mining operations ever seen on Earth aims to despoil an ocean we are only barely beginning to understand
Jonathan Watts, global environment editor
27, Sep, 2021 @10:59 AM
Australia signs deal with Nauru to keep asylum seeker detention centre open indefinitely
Deal creates ‘enduring form’ of offshore processing, sparking criticism from refugees previously detained there
Ben Doherty
24, Sep, 2021 @10:11 AM
Is deep-sea mining a cure for the climate crisis or a curse?
Sea-floor nodules could fight global heating, but mining them may damage ocean ecology
Robin McKie
29, Aug, 2021 @9:00 AM
The Tampa affair, 20 years on: the ship that capsized Australia’s refugee policy
When a Norwegian freighter rescued 433 asylum seekers from a sinking vessel en route to Christmas Island, it sparked a crisis that led to hardline border policies and indelibly shifted the response to boat arrivals
Ben Doherty
21, Aug, 2021 @8:00 PM
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