Australia to build PNG asylum seeker centre
Bianca Hall Work on a new permanent processing centre in Papua New Guinea for asylum seekers will begin in July, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Friday at the end of her first visit to Australia's near...
Gillard seeks to get Manus Island facility off the ground
Bianca Hall Prime Minister Julia Gillard will not visit the Manus Island processing centre during her visit to Papua New Guinea this week, but the fate of asylum seekers living in military tents at the facility...
Gillard to enter discussions on permanent facility at Manus
Bianca Hall The fate of asylum seekers living in military-style tents on Manus Island is expected to be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Julia Gillard meets her PNG counterpart on Thursday.
Advocates fear government will raid aid budget
David Wroe and Bianca Hall Overseas aid advocates fear the Gillard government will raid its aid budget for the second year running to cover spiralling asylum seeker costs.
Asylum seeker families eligible for release on bridging visas
Bianca Hall Asylum seeker families will be released into the community with no work rights and just minimal financial support, under changes announced by Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor.
Asylum seeker dies soon after arriving on Christmas Island
Bianca Hall A 35-year-old Sri Lankan man died suddenly just hours after arriving at Christmas Island's asylum seeker processing centre on Wednesday night.
Greens push Coalition to get children off Manus
Bianca Hall The Greens have issued a challenge to the Coalition to help them bring asylum seeker children back from Manus Island to the mainland.
Refugee children to be held at Darwin detention centre
Bianca Hall, Michael Gordon Children will again be held in mainland detention centres, with authorities setting aside a compound for families at Wickham Point centre near Darwin.
Children to be moved to detention centres
Bianca Hall and Michael Gordon Children will again be held in mainland detention centres, with authorities setting aside a compound at Darwin's Wickham Point centre for families.
Labor backflip on children in detention
Bianca Hall and Michael Gordon Children will again be held in mainland detention centres, with authorities setting aside a compound at Darwin’s Wickham Point centre for families.
Families to stay on Manus despite warnings
Bianca Hall Families will remain on Manus Island, despite staff at the camp going public with concerns children were at risk at the asylum seeker detention centre.
'Ashamed to be Australian': doctor slams Manus Island centre
Bianca Hall An Australian doctor who worked at the Manus Island detention centre has said the experience made him "ashamed to be an Australian".
Legal aid denied to offshore detainees
Bianca Hall Australia will not fund the legal defence of asylum seekers charged with crimes in Nauru or Manus Island detention centres, the department of immigration has confirmed.
Minister claims visas rorted by 10,000 workers
Bianca Hall More than 10,000 foreign workers are rorting the 457 visa system, immigration minister says.
No compensation for Maralinga radiation victims
Bianca Hall The British government has ruled out paying ''act of grace'' compensation to Australian soldiers deliberately exposed to nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga in South Australia 61 years ago.
457 visas: more than 10,000 are rorting system, says minister
Bianca Hall More than 10,000 foreign workers are rorting the 457 visa system, Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor declared on Sunday.
Guantanamo lawyer to defend Nauru 10
Bianca Hall There's a certain similarity between the fate of asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Manus Island and terror accused David Hicks, retired Marine Corps lawyer Michael [Dan] Mori acknowledges.
Two attempt suicide at detention centre
Bianca Hall Two people tried to commit suicide within two hours of each other at the Broadmeadows detention centre on Wednesday.
Nauru case challenges lawfulness of detention
Bianca Hall An Australian lawyer acting for 10 asylum seekers charged with rioting at the Nauru detention centre has challenged the legality of their detention in the Pacific nation centre.
Permanent housing on Manus a step too far: Save the Children
Bianca Hall The agency contracted to provide services to young asylum seekers on Manus Island's processing centre has urged the government not to proceed with plans to build a permanent facility on the island.
