Nauru

The UN Refugee Agency is welcoming a law passed by the Australian parliament to address the crticial medical needs of refugees detained offshore.

Nauru's president has proposed changing the constitution to increase a government's parliamentary term from three to four years.

Australian MPs have passed a landmark bill with an opposition amendment making it easier for sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country.

The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has launched a tele-health service in Australia to care for people on Nauru.

Some refugees detained by Australia on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have waited for more than five years for medical transfers recommended by doctors.

Australia's government continues to play politics with the plight of children it detained on Nauru, a refugee advocate says. Audio

Nauru has broken ground on its ambitious new port project at Aiwo.

There is a claim that Nauru is being developed as a conduit for international money transfers for Ukraine's separatist republic of Donetsk.

The Government's increasing the money it gives to Nauru, the small Pacific Island Australia uses as an offshore refugee processing centre.

A doctor who blew the whistle on Australia's wilful neglect of refugees detained on Nauru has won an award for free speech.

Nauru President Baron Waqa says China is trying to win over and dominate Pacific Island countries.

The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, says it's time Australia found a home for the refugees and asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru.

An appeal by the Nauru government over the acquittal of the group of protestors called the Nauru 19 has been delayed.

The Tongan prime minister has hosted a delegation from Nauru Airlines to discuss the possibility of a service between Tonga and Brisbane.

Refugees detained in Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island are suing the Australian government for torture and crimes against humanity. Audio

The President of Nauru Baron Waqa has called on world leaders to act now on climate change at the UN climate summit in Poland.

The Australian government has adjourned the House of Representatives to avoid losing a vote that would have eased medical evacuations of sick refugees from offshore detention.