New opposition leader says Australia should increase immigration
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11:13 07/11/2013
Bill Shorten, the new leader of the Australian Labor Party has told an Australian television audience that Australia should increase the number of immigrants it admits each year. Mr Shorten became...
New Australian PM promises talks with Indonesia on immigration
10:19 19/09/2013
Tony Abbott, the leader of the right wing Coalition, has been elected as the new prime minister of Australia. The Coalition had a major victory over the Australian Labor Party at the federal election...
New Guinea to create new visa for Australian asylum seekers
9:34 09/08/2013
The foreign minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has announced that his country will introduce a new visa class for refugees deported from Australia under a new treaty between the two countries. Mr...
Australia announces all asylum seekers will be transported to PNG
16:34 24/07/2013
The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that, from now on, all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to the processing centre on the island of Manus, which is part...
Australia sends first asylum seekers to Manus
17:30 29/11/2012
On 20th November 2012, a charter plane flew from the Australian territory of Christmas Island to the Papua New Guinean island of Manus. On board were 19 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Iran. They...
Afghans still trying to get to Australia despite re-opening of Nauru camp
12:20 15/10/2012
The re-opening of processing centres on Nauru and Manus, Papua New Guinea, by the Australian government will not deter people of the Hazara ethnic grouping in Afghanistan from attempting to reach...
