Hunger strikers increase to 36 The Australian 23.12.2003
The number of asylum seekers on hunger strike in Nauru increased to 36 today as Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said they were not the Australian Government's problem.
Vanstone: protest is not our problem Sydney Morning H 23.12.2003
The number of asylum seekers on hunger strike in Nauru increased to 36 yesterday as the Immigration Minister, Amanda Vanstone, said they were not the Australian Government's problem.
Police block protesters The Australian 23.12.2003
Police today held back about 80 demonstrators as they attempted to storm a press conference by Immigration Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone in Melbourne.
Thanks for the refugee camps, Nauru, how would you like to be Australian? Sydney Morning H 23.12.2003
Nauru's entire population could be offered Australian citizenship and resettlement under a proposal being developed by the Howard Government.
'Take responsibility' for detainees The Australian 23.12.2003
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone must take responsibility for asylum seekers detained in Nauru as a result of her government's policies, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today.
Close Nauru centre: Democrats The Australian 23.12.2003
The Federal Government should immediately close the Nauru processing centre for asylum seekers, the Australian Democrats said today.
Downer plays down Nauru rumour The Australian 23.12.2003
Australia was looking at ways to help Nauru after immigration detention camps on the Pacific island nation close, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said today.
Nauru defends detention conditions The Australian 23.12.2003
The Nauru government today defended the treatment of asylum seekers at detention facilities on the island.
Australia 'as bad as Taliban,' say hunger strikers The Observer 23.12.2003
Afghan refugees rejected by Canberra vow to die of starvation at Pacific island detention camp as protest enters third week
Nauru delegation 'independent' The Australian 23.12.2003
An Australian delegation heading to Nauru today to help end a hunger strike among detained asylum seekers was more independent than previous immigration department missions, a lawyer said this morning.