Last updated: November 7, 2017

PNG centres ‘fully operational’

East Lorengau Refugee Transit Centre in Manus Island.

New PNG refugee accommodation has cost the government more than $30 million.

‘Starving’ refugee quits stand-off

PNG

An asylum-seeker who said he was ‘starving’ has walked out of the Manus Island detention centre.

Alexander denies he’s a Brit

Arden Environment Group

Liberal MP and former Davis Cup tennis star John Alexander is facing questions over whether he holds British citizenship through his father.

Ask Trump on Manus: Shorten

FILE - In this file photo made from Australia Broadcasting Corporation video taken on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, shows housing of asylum seekers protesting the possible closure of their detention center, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. New Zealand's prime minister has repeated her country's offer to take 150 refugees from an Australian immigration camp in Papua New Guinea where more than 600 weakened men are continuing a standoff with authorities. (Australia Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)

Bill Shorten says the UN human rights office ‘has a point’ in its criticism of the ‘deeply disturbing’ standoff with refugees.

Dutton lashes Shorten on refugees

Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, October 23, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Peter Dutton lashed Bill Shorten over his call to consider New Zealand’s offer to resettle Manus refugees.

‘Take up NZ’s Manus offer’

Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten has urged Malcolm Turnbull to accept Jacinda Ardern’s offer of resettling refugees and asylum-seekers.

MPs won’t have to repay

Special Minister of State Senator Scott Ryan during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, October 16, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

The Turnbull government has denied it will force MPs who knowingly hide their dual citizenship to pay back their wages.

Manus refugees refuse to go

Manus - Day II

A small group of asylum-seekers on Manus Island has mounted a raid via boat to try to snaffle vital ­supplies.

Catch to Crowe’s Manus offer

Paris Premiere of 'NOAH'

Russell Crowe has offered to house and find work for Manus refugees himself, but he’s forgotten about one important factor.

Two leave Manus centre

01-11-17 -  Power generators are said to be being removed from the Manus Island Detention Centre. Twitter  - Lynne Murphy.

The standoff with asylum-seekers in the closed-down ­detention centre on Manus Island was continuing last night.

Trump’s new migrant vetting

US President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting with business leaders on tax reform at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2017. . / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

Donald Trump reacts to New York’s truck attack instructing Homeland Security to further toughen restrictions on migration.

‘You’re not coming here’

Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop at the launch of Australian Foreign Affairs journal at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, October 18, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Julie Bishop urges Manus Island asylum-seekers to leave a detention centre, but says they won’t be resettled in Australia.

Manus closure sets off ‘looting’

31/10/2017 Photo posted by Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania, Nick McKim, from the detention center in Manus. Source: Twitter/Nick McKim

The formal closure of the regional processing centre on Manus Island has triggered looting and protests.

Violence fears on Manus

Supplied undated image obtained Wednesday, October 26, 2017 of refugees and asylum seekers during a protest at the Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. A Human Rights Watch report released before the detention centre's closure details claims that refugees have been robbed and stabbed on Manus Island. (AAP Image/Human Rights Watch) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Papua New Guinea has told Australia it must employ locals to build new accommodation for refugees.

Refugee  jihadis learn hate here

ASIO director-general Duncan Lewis speaks during Senate estimates hearings at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 24, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

IS-inspired jihadis who arrive in Australia as refugees are more the product of Australian culture, the ASIO boss says.

Jailed for trafficking 145

This boat was intercepted Dec 2012 from Indonesia. Iranian people smuggler Mohammad Fayazi arrived illegally by boat, along with 39 others, in December 2013 and was arrested and charged by the Australian Federal Police on 20 February 2014 with numerous counts of Aggravated People Smuggling offences.

An Iranian people smuggler who helped 145 vulnerable people to risk their lives has been jailed for eight years.

Dutton vows to fight for shake-up

QT

Immigration Minister Peter ­Dutton’s overhaul of Australian citizenship laws failed to pass parliament yesterday.

‘Soft’ on non-citizen criminals

Police Association CEO Mark Burgess.

Police warn that magistrates are handing non-citizens lenient sentences for violent crimes to stop them being deported.

Greens, Labor sink crackdown

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, October 16, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Peter Dutton’s overhaul of citizenship laws has suffered a major setback after it was blocked in the Senate.

71 asylum-seekers miss deadline

Peter Dutton

Seventy-one of 7500 asylum-seekers failed to lodge an application for protection before the October 1 deadline.

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