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Humanitarian emergency on Manus continues
The refugees occupying the closed Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) were forcibly removed at the end of November last year, …
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Humanitarian emergency on Manus
For several weeks now, hundreds of refugees have been occupying the detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The centre was …
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Manus refugees still in limbo
In April last year, the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled that the Manus Island detention centre was illegal and must be closed. The …
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Jacindamania and the New Zealand elections
Shortly before the New Zealand election in September, the New Zealand Labour Party replaced its previous leader with the much more popular Jacinda Ardern …
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PNG: Demolition increasing pressure on Manus refugees
Around 800 refugees from the soon-to-be closed Manus Regional Processing Centre are resisting immigration officials’ forcible attempts to relocate them to the nearby East …
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Government blackmailing refugees
With the closing of the Manus Island detention centre refugees detained there are being given dire options. Some of the refugees have been offered …
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Close the camps!
In April 2016, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled that the Australian government’s detention of refugees on Manus Island breached human rights, …
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Nauru: Refugees treated like animals
There is extreme abuse taking place in Australia’s privately run offshore refugee camps, especially on the Pacific island of Nauru. This is revealed in …
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Opposition to offshore processing growing
The Australia Institute conducted a poll of more than 1400 people last month and found that 63% of respondents were opposed to the policy …
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NZ: Tents and cars for houses “not a crisis”
Tents, garages and shipping containers without sewerage or heating are being lived in by hundreds of people across Auckland as the winter cold sets …
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Close the Manus & Nauru hellholes!
Both the Liberals and Labor are complicit and responsible for the ongoing abuse and violence perpetrated against asylum seekers at the Manus Island and …
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NZ: Unite Union wins against zero hour contracts
By Thiago d’Leones Zero hour contracts let employers hire workers without guaranteeing of any hours of work. Often this means work at short notice …
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Putting an end to Australia’s cruel refugee policies
By Kat Galea “The detention policy has failed as a deterrant and succeeded only as a punishment. How much longer will children and their …
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NZ: The growing fight for gender pay equity
In August two claims were filed with the High Court of New Zealand over gender discrimination in pay, on what appears to be a …
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New Zealand Meatworkers’ Union faces defeat
After a year-long dispute, the New Zealand Meat Workers’ Union (MWU) appears to have suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Talleys …
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NZ: National pushes ahead with more privatisations
In May the National government opened New Zealand’s first privately owned prison in Auckland. At the same time the Health Minister announced the trial …
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NZ: Unite defeats ‘zero-hours’
In May unionised fast food workers in New Zealand celebrated a comprehensive win over the major fast food companies. McDonalds, Burger King and Restaurant …
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NZ: Invest in renewables!
The New Zealand government is expanding oil and gas exploration into a number of new sites. These sites were previously either too difficult or …
