Conservatives see 'mass immigration' as the political hot potato to mobilise voters

The unedifying fight about Indian immigrants in the Liberal Party seems to have morphed into a proxy war on Sussan Ley's leadership, but at its heart, it is a battle over where the party wants to position itself. Just like the parallel debate...

Immigration dominates debate in a hectic parliamentary week

The Prime Minister was taken to task this week by Labor MPs, including Ed Husic (pictured). Photo: Ed Husic Facebook. Federal parliamentarians were preoccupied with immigration issues this week, following protest marches across the nation on...

Why migrants aren’t to blame for the housing and rent crisis

Thousands joined the racist anti-immigration March for Australia rallies on 31 August, with further racist rallies planned for 19 October. The far right wants to exploit frustration with house prices, rent increases and the cost of living and...

Nauru deportation deal could cost Australia $2.5 billion over 30 years

Australia could end up spending around $2.5 billion to resettle up to 354 former detainees on Nauru, with government officials confirming multimillion-dollar payments would continue for three decades if the agreement is upheld. The government last...

Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised?

Under President Donald Trump, the United States is expanding its efforts to detain and deport non-citizens at an alarming rate. In recent months, the Trump administration made deals with a number of third states to receive deported non-citizens....

Live: PM says he believes Vanuatu agreement will be signed 'soon'

11m agoTue 9 Sep 2025 at 7:00am 'Racism is a big problem in this country': Thorpe says of Nampijinpa Price's remarks Lidia Thorpe says she was very disappointed with Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's comments about Indian migration. She...

General : Nauru Grants Citizenship To Stateless Kuwaiti Under Climate Resilience Programme 

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- A stateless Kuwaiti national has been granted citizenship in Nauru under its Economic and Climate Resilience Citizenship Program, an initiative designed to strengthen economic growth and climate adaptation while...

How Paraguay became a bastion of conservatism in Latin America

Paraguay hosted the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering of the global right, for the first time in mid-September. In attendance were members of US president Donald Trump’s inner circle, including his long-term foreign...

The NZYQ Nauru deportation deal

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last week finalised a deal to deport to Nauru people released from indefinite immigration detention following a 2023 High Court ruling. Australia would pay the tiny island nation $408 million to receive the...

Australia to pay $1.6b for Nauru migrant resettlement

Agence France-Presse . Sydney, Australia 04 September, 2025, 23:15 Australia will pay US$1.6 billion to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next three decades to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island under a secretive new deal,...

Australia agrees to pay Pacific nation of Nauru $1.62 billion to…

Australia has agreed to pay the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru A$2.5 billion (US$1.62 billion) over three decades to host deported non-citizens, with accommodation for the first deportees already prepared, Australian officials said on Wednesday....

Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say

The major parties have been accused of “stitching up” a deal to transform Nauru into Australia’s “dumping ground and penal colony” as parliament passed laws stripping basic legal rights from a group of noncitizens set to be deported. The home...

Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal

Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 The Australian government has agreed to pay the small Pacific island nation of Nauru some $1.6bn to resettle former detainees who have “no legal right to remain in Australia”, in the latest iteration of...

$2.5 billion to force people to Nauru and denial of natural justice in new Labor law

Australian Greens The Home Affairs (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 was rammed through today by the Liberals and Labor, following revelations that the secret agreement with Nauru signed by the Albanese Government will cost $2.5 billion. In a rushed...

Australia to pay Nauru $1.62bn to house deportees

SYDNEY: Australia has agreed to pay the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru $1.62 billion over three decades to host deported non-citizens, with accommodation for the first deportees already prepared, Australian officials said on Wednesday. Prime...

Morning Mail: Nauruan concern over new transfers from Australia, Xi and Putin’s hot mic moment, De Minaur loses at US Open

Morning everyone. Nauruan residents are “worried for our pleasant island” under the Australian government’s controversial new $2.5bn plan to forcibly transfer a group of non-citizens there. Islanders are asking: “Where will they live? Will they...

Cost of Nauru deportation deal revealed in late-night inquiry as PM pressed on lack of detail

Australian taxpayers will be slugged $2.5 billion over 30 years to deport hundreds of former immigration detainees to Nauru under a deal with the Pacific nation, a parliamentary committee has been told. The Albanese government signed a memorandum...

Labor’s secretive Nauru deal could slug taxpayers billions over 30 years

Australia could be staring down a staggering $2.5 billion bill to relocate hundreds of ex-detainees to Nauru, with officials warning payments could flow for the next 30 years. The Albanese government last week finalised an agreement with the...

Details emerge on Nauru NZYQ agreement

Hundreds of convicted criminals could live freely in Nauru under a new proposal to deport them to the country. Home Affairs officials revealed to a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday that the government’s NZYQ resettlement agreement could cost...

Australia’s deportation deal with Nauru to cost $2.5b

Australian taxpayers will be slugged $2.5 billion over 30 years to deport hundreds of former immigration detainees to Nauru under a “secret” deal. The Albanese government signed a memorandum of understanding with Nauru, offering more than $400...