The Latest Breaking News from Nauru

Senate motion to extend Nauru for offshore processing

Labor also seeks to overturn court decision that forced it to release 100 people from onshore detention despite character concerns

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and the government are accused of political grandstanding over their election commitment on refugee visas, during a fiery Q+A.

The Greens have introduced a bill to federal parliament offering immediate evacuation to asylum seekers and refugees who remain in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

The Greens will introduce a bill proposing an end to offshore detention for remaining asylum seekers, without forcing Labor to compromise on its immigration policy.

Three DSI officials suspected in the Nauru consul embezzlement case turned themselves in to police on Saturday, deputy police national chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said.

The federal government has awarded a $422 million contract for a prison company under investigation in the US to manage offshore detention.

Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has suspended five officers accused of embezzlement and bribery in connection with a raid on the home of the former consul-general of the Republic of Nauru in Sathon district.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has dissolved a newly established intelligence team after discovering five of its officers allegedly took a total of 9.5 million baht after a raid on the former home of the consul-general of the Republic of Nauru in Sathon district on Dec 22.

Department of Special Investigation chief Traiyarit Temahiwong has been abruptly transferred over the alleged extortion of a bribe by DSI officials and police and subsequent release of 11 Chinese suspects found hiding in a Bangkok house formerly occupied by the consul-general for Nauru.