Traumatised children self-harming in detention
Bianca Hall Children as young as nine have been involved in a spate of self-harm incidents in immigration detention facilities, despite child psychiatrists issuing repeated warnings over the past decade of the...
Three asylum seekers break out of Nauru camp, briefly
Bianca Hall Second asylum seeker breakout at an offshore processing centre in less than a week.
Breakout at Nauru centre
Bianca Hall Asylum seekers have staged the second breakout at an offshore processing centre in less than a week.
Police pursuit of Slipper over taxi dockets worth $900 mystifies lawyer
Bianca Hall THE treatment of the former speaker Peter Slipper is unprecedented and ''mystifying'', his lawyer said on Friday.
Police treatment of Slipper 'mystifying': lawyer
Bianca Hall The treatment of former speaker Peter Slipper is unprecedented and mystifying, his lawyer said on Friday.
Fraud charges: Slipper no plea
Bianca Hall The former speaker Peter Slipper, below, will not be required to enter a plea when he appears at the Canberra Magistrates Court accused of defrauding the Commonwealth on Friday morning.
Smuggled photos reveal grim Manus
Bianca Hall More photographs have been smuggled out of the remote Manus Island processing camp in Papua New Guinea, showing afresh the grim conditions endured by asylum seekers in the camp.
Customs boats off patrol
Bianca Hall No Australian customs boats will patrol the Southern Ocean this financial year, for the first time in a decade.
Refugee budget climbs $1.3b
Bianca Hall The Australian immigration budget has increased by $1.3 billion over four years, as the government prepares to expand the humanitarian visa program to 20,000 each year.
Captain's family left in waiting
Bianca Hall The family of alleged people smuggler Captain Emad remains in Australia more than six months after he fled the country, a parliamentary inquiry heard on Monday.
NZ asked to take asylum seekers
Tracy Watkins, Bianca Hall Asylum seekers could again be sent across the Tasman under new deal.
ABC gets $10m in extra funds
Bianca Hall The government has topped up the ABC's coffers to the tune of $10 million, an investment it says will allow it to hire more staff and reach more audiences in regional Australia.
Asylum seekers hit a high
Bianca Hall A record 10,000 asylum seekers were held in detention centres and in the community in November, new figures released by the Immigration Department reveal.
Detainees at record level
Bianca Hall A record 10,000 asylum seekers were held in centres and the Australian community in November.
Manus Island children draw on desolation of detention
Bianca Hall In her childish self-portrait, the 12-year-old girl's cheeks are streaked with tears as she stands forlornly beside a purple, boarded-up school.
Coalition refugee plan in legal doubt
Bianca Hall and David Wroe The United Nations and international law experts say a Coalition plan to block every Sri Lankan asylum seeker boat from reaching Australian waters, without first testing refugee claims, may breach...
Navy would have role in turning asylum boats around: Morrison
Bianca Hall The Australian Navy would be charged with repelling Sri Lankan asylum seeker boats outside Australia's international borders under a Coalition government.
Gambling interests, miners big donors to political parties
Stephanie Peatling, Bianca Hall, Daniel Hurst Mining and gambling interests were heavy contributors to political parties last financial year, at a time when the government was considering dropping poker machine reforms and fighting off a...
Pokies pay out to parties
Stephanie Peatling and Bianca Hall Mining and gambling interests contributed heavily to political parties last financial year, at a time when the government was considering dropping its poker machine reforms and fighting off an attack...
Cash flow to political parties drops by half
Stephanie Peatling, Bianca Hall and Daniel Hurst Donations and other payments to political parties fell by nearly half in the last financial year leaving each of the parties with substantial debts as they prepare for the upcoming campaign.
