Australian settlement policy often assumes refugees will embrace progressive politics. Research and community experience show refugee political identities are far more diverse – with important ...

Australia has welcomed its one millionth refugee, with the government calling the milestone an “opportunity to reflect” on ...

It began with the colourful confessions of former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe.  In a report published in The Age on 8, Donohoe made salty ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on the remote Pacific island of Nauru even after they ...

When Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered the national budget yesterday, he blamed the nation’s $17.8 billion deficit on the stubbornly high Australian dollar, softening company-tax revenue and a ...

GENEVA, 26 August (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said on Friday that a review of Australian measures for asylum-seekers arriving by boat announced this month had raised serious protection questions.

Papua New Guinea is a struggling nation that ranks near the bottom of most indexes of human and economic development. It is also, as of this month, the new home of anyone who tries to reach Australia ...

Had the engine not cut out just beyond Indonesian waters, Ali Reza and 60 others aboard the packed boat that launched its way south three months ago might now be safely housed on Australian territory.

A former Australian Army rifleman and a senior bureaucrat have revealed the depths to which Labor is prepared to go to revive offshore detention in Nauru. Binoy Kampmark reports.