If a diabetes policy of diet and exercise keeps failing, is it time for a new approach?
Amy McLennan
On the Pacific island of Nauru the disease has been addressed in the same way for 50 years, but evidence of other factors – from poor air to stress – challenge our assumptions
February 2024
People seeking asylum in Australia shouldn’t have to trade danger for degradation
Frances Rush
Australia paid companies linked to suspected drug and weapons smuggling to run offshore detention, review finds
January 2024
Child among asylum seekers returned to country of origin after being sent from Australia to Nauru
Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned home
Nauru to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China
Nauru become first ally to switch allegiances to Beijing after weekend’s presidential elections in Taiwan
Australia’s ‘inhumane’ offshore detention regime denounced by global human rights organisation
Report by Australian chapter of advocacy group says policy is ‘embarrassing’ and at odds with country’s commitment to Refugee Convention
December 2023
The Australian detention system was established to destroy us, but we refugees are still here
Behrouz Boochani
We were banished to Manus and Nauru, out of sight and out of mind. We are calling for a royal commission because the Australian public deserves the truth
November 2023
Pacific project
Pacific Islands Forum: what is it and why does it matter?
Lawyers welcome government’s decision to settle negligence case of refugee infant detained on Nauru
October 2023
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
PNG threatens to send refugees back to Australia unless it keeps funding humanitarian program
Exclusive: Papua New Guinea official accuses Australia of abandoning 70 men but government maintains it has no responsibility for them
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
September 2023
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
August 2023
Dutton wasn’t told details of Bhojani bribery investigation as it was not ‘custom and practice’, AFP tells estimates
AFP concedes it was incorrect to say Peter Dutton received briefing on Bhojani foreign bribery matter
July 2023
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’
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
How do tech bros plan to ride out Armageddon? Living it up on their private islands
Arwa Mahdawi
AFP says Peter Dutton was briefed on bribery investigation before his government signed contract with target
Bankman-Fried planned to buy Nauru and build apocalypse bunker – lawsuit
