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. The federal...

Fisherman’s call to save the ocean

LEADERS of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have spent time at sea ahead of crucial tuna talks in Tuvalu. After their ministerial meeting for the 4th PNA Leaders’ Summit, the leaders discussed national and bilateral plans in an informal...

Coalition to Back Nauru Amendment to Deport Non-Citizens Despite Secrecy Concerns

Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on July 30, 2025. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas Despite concerns over the government’s deal with Nauru to resettle NZYQ...

Treaties Committee recommends ratification of Nauru-Australia Treaty and Radio Regulations WRC-23

The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) has tabled a report recommending the ratification of two major treaty actions: The report also contains the minor treaty action Renewal of and Modification to the New Arrangements to Borrow. The...

Iraqi asylum seeker slated for removal to Nauru loses High Court challenge

An Iraqi man slated for removal to Nauru has lost his High Court appeal challenging the legality of the way his temporary protection visa was cancelled. The man is one of three people who were slated to be removed to Nauru in February under the...

Albanese refuses to release Nauru deal details

Australia signed a memorandum of understanding with the atoll nation, offering more than $400 million up-front and $70 million annually to aid with the deportation of hundreds of released immigration detainees.

Football Australia And PacificAus TV Extend Partnership

Football Australia and Free TV Australia have extended their partnership to distribute matches across the Pacific through PacificAus TV. The extension covers all Football Australia-controlled home matches for the CommBank Matildas and CommBank...

Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru

Last week, the Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation. It is also proposing new legislation to strip those facing deportation of their basic procedural...

People dumping in the Pacific

Australian governments of all stripes have long maintained a commitment to secure borders and an orderly migration program. Utilising the benefit of being an island nation-continent, our governments over the last 30 years have taken expensive...

Warning on Nauru plan, neo-Nazi charged over Camp Sovereignty attack, 40-year-old ‘megaburg’ crumbles

Morning everyone. As the Albanese government prepares to push through its bill stripping non-citizens of natural justice in readiness for deportation, refugee lawyers are warning it could apply to up to 80,000 people. The neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell is...

Australia to resettle foreign-born criminals in Nauru following court ruling

Nauru has become a political solution for the government after Australia’s High Court ruled in 2023 that non-citizens with no prospects of being resettled outside Australia could no longer be held indefinitely in immigration detention Australia...

Economic and Security Review Group director: 'There are serious national security concerns with Chinese battery dominance'

Joseph Cella, Director, Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group | FacebookJoseph Cella, Director, Michigan-China Economic and Security Review Group | Facebook Joseph Cella, Director of the Michigan-China Economic and Security Review...

Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn

Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by the Albanese government’s proposed powers to strip basic legal protections from the noncitizens it plans to deport to Nauru, refugee lawyers warn. The proposed federal powers, revealed last...

Live: Government moves to restrict AI apps that create nude images

9m agoTue 2 Sep 2025 at 12:33am Crossbenchers join calls for 'climate first' foreign policy (ABC News: Matt Roberts)Members of the crossbench have joined a group of former senior defence and security leaders to call for a "climate first" foreign...

Teen who solo-traveled to 118 countries reveals top spots - and the boring bits

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Australia agrees to pay Pacific nation of Nauru US$1.62 billion to house deportees

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

Morning everyone. Our reporters have been digging into the way organisers mobilised support for the weekend’s anti-immigration March for Australia – especially by using the shield of “ordinary mums and dads” to push the idea of white supremacy....

‘Bad deal’: Government’s deportation deal with Nauru lashed

Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses the deportation deal between the Australian government and Nauru. “The government’s new deal with the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru is quite extraordinary for many reasons, this deal is good for Australia because...

Politicians have scapegoated immigration for decades. It’s time to flip the script

For decades now, public discourse about refugees and immigrants has become increasingly fractured, ugly and untrue. From John Howard’s “we will decide who comes to this country” mantra, to Kevin Rudd’s “if you come by boat you will never...

Coalition sends Labor’s secretive Nauru deportation deal to senate inquiry

The Coalition has decided to send Labor’s deal with Nauru concerning the deportation of NZYQ-linked criminal non-citizens to a senate inquiry. It comes after the Albanese government agreed to pay Nauru $408 million to relocate about 200 criminal...