Chris Jones was kicked off Nauru for treating his patients with too much care. He believes he was interrupting Nauru politicians’ business model.
Just one month after the Home Affairs Department signed the contract,police arrested Mozammil Bhojani and charged him with paying more than $100,000 in bribes.
The exposure of suspect payments and allegations of bribery and money laundering in the offshore detention program imperils Australia’s position as a trusted influence among Pacific nations.
Why are we not surprised? Every aspect of the offshore detention plan seems to involve eye-watering sums of money.
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians through a chain of suspect contracts.
Nauru’s economic lifeline is running out and it wants a shot at collecting the rare minerals the world needs to transition to net zero emissions. But critics say deep sea mining will also harm the environment.
Veteran human rights lawyer Tirana Hassan says she was inspired to action by Australia’s “crueller and crueller” policies during the Howard years.
Social justice legal firm Maurice Blackburn has used artificial intelligence to illustrate the alleged experiences of detainees on Nauru and Manus islands.
While the opposition claimed the government dropped the ball on security,the crossbench questioned why they weren’t given more time to debate the renewal of Nauru as an offshore detention location.
There were cheers in Nauru and Australia as Charisma Amoe-Tarrant celebrated a podium finish.
Almost 40 per cent of Nauru’s population has tested positive for COVID-19,while refugees report struggling to access fresh food and water.