Bianca Hall

United Nations warns of moral duty to refugees

Bianca Hall Australia, Nauru could be in breach of international obligations to protect refugees, UN finds.

UNHCR takes aim at Australia over Nauru detainees

Bianca Hall Australia and Nauru could be in breach of their international obligations to protect refugees over the running of the detention centre on Nauru, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has...

Hockey claims Treasury 'stalking horse'

Bianca Hall Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says the government is using Treasury as its 'stalking horse' to leak politically convenient data.

Gillard slams North Korea rocket launch

Bianca Hall Australia will protest directly to the North Korean government after Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket.

Ashby, Slipper and muddy politics in the Sunshine State

Bianca Hall The sexual harassment case that brought ''shell-less mussels'' into Australia's vernacular and brought down a Speaker of Parliament began at a sprawling strawberry farm on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Nauru court tries detainees over riot

Bianca Hall Sixteen asylum seekers on Nauru appeared at the island's tiny local court on Monday, accused of causing $24,000 in damage at an alleged riot at the processing centre in September.

Asylum seekers face court over Nauru damage

Bianca Hall Sixteen asylum seekers on Nauru appeared at the island's tiny local court on Monday, accused of causing $24,000 worth of damage at the processing centre in September.

Australian royal prank inquiry weighed

Judith Ireland and Bianca Hall The Australian media watchdog is considering fast tracking an inquiry into Sydney radio station 2Day FM over its prank call to the London hospital caring for the Duchess of Cambridge last week.

Anger over Sri Lankans' deportation

Bianca Hall Refugee Council's chief calls on government to halt forced deportation of asylum seekers.

400 asylum seekers released on bridging visas

Bianca Hall About 400 asylum seekers have been released from detention in Darwin after being granted bridging visas.

Asylum officials 'ignore claims'

Ben Doherty and Bianca Hall Asylum seekers forcibly deported from Australia say the government ignored their claims of persecution, granted them only one brief interview in detention and knowingly sent them back to danger in...

Tow-back policy to apply to Sri Lanka

Bianca Hall and Michael Gordon Coalition government would tow boats back to Sri Lanka to help stem the flow of asylum seekers bound for Australia, immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says.

Persecution claims ignored, say deportees

Ben Doherty, Bianca Hall ASYLUM SEEKERS who were forcibly deported from Australia say the federal government ignored their claims of persecution, granting them only one brief interview in detention and knowingly sending them...

Salvos seek fitness instructor for Nauru

Bianca Hall THE Salvation Army has today advertised for a gym worker to provide ''fitness services'' to asylum seekers on Nauru.

Court halts deportation of 56 men

Bianca Hall, Daniel Flitton The deportation of 56 Tamil men has been halted after a dramatic hearing at the High Court. The Immigration Department agreed to halt the men's forcible deportations, expected on Tuesday, and all...

Vote 'weakened' Israel relationship says Abbott

Bianca Hall Sixty years of bipartisan support for Israel has been broken by Labor's decision to abstain from a vote on Palestine having UN observer status, Tony Abbott says.

Second group of asylum seekers sent to Manus Island

Bianca Hall THE Immigration Department has transferred the second group of asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea's remote Manus Island.

Greens call on Bowen to intervene in case of asylum seeker on hunger strike

Bianca Hall and Michael Gordon SARAH Hanson-Young has appealed directly to Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, urging him to personally intervene in the case of Omid, an Iranian man on his 48th day of hunger strike on Nauru.