Country officials convene to align country priorities and needs in the Asia-Pacific region

The GEF OFP Regional Training Workshop and Asia Pacific Constituency Meeting took place in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on May 13-16, 2025. Both events brought together 14 countries from the Asia-Pacific Region, including: Cook Islands, Fiji,...

Nauru president says sovereign wealth fund ‘building the nation’

David Adeang YAREN (Government of Nauru) — President David Adeang has hailed the success of the Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund, which he chairs, saying that no one should underestimate the country’s economic turnaround or the importance of the...

The NZYQ Nauru deportation deal

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke last week finalised a deal to deport to Nauru people released from indefinite immigration detention following a 2023 High Court ruling. Australia would pay the tiny island nation $408 million to receive the...

Nauru Airlines relaunches Suva route after more than a decade

A TOTAL of 108 passengers aboard Nauru Airlines flight ON019 landed at Nausori International Airport at 11.47pm on Thursday on its inaugural flight to Suva, marking the return of the Republic of Nauru’s flag carrier since ceasing this route in the...

Nauru strikes $400m deal to take foreign criminals from Australia

Australia has confirmed it will deport hundreds of foreign-born criminals to Nauru under a $400 million agreement signed by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke. The move comes just months after a High Court decision forced the release of around 350...

Australia to pay $1.6b for Nauru migrant resettlement

Agence France-Presse . Sydney, Australia 04 September, 2025, 23:15 Australia will pay US$1.6 billion to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next three decades to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island under a secretive new deal,...

Australia passes law to speed up deportation of non-citizens to Nauru

SYDNEY - Australia on Sept 4 passed a law allowing faster deportation of non-citizens to third countries, paving the way to send hundreds of refugees denied visas because of criminal convictions to the tiny Pacific island of Nauru. Under a 30-year...

'Exploitation': Australia criticised over Nauru deal

Nauru is in a precarious fiscal position with its budget tens of millions of dollars in the red and revenue largely dependent on foreign funding, including from Australia, Taiwan and the Asian Development Bank.

Nauru expands Fiji connection

FIJI took a podium finish through Iris Bentley Fisher at the 2025 International Va’a Federation (IVF) World Distance Championships in Niteroi, Brazil. Fisher, 16, took bronze in the 12km race in the V1 Junior 16 category in her debut performance....

Australia passes law to speed deportation of non-citizens to Nauru

Audio By Carbonatix By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Thursday passed a law allowing faster deportation of non-citizens to third countries, paving the way to send hundreds of refugees denied visas because of criminal convictions to...

Australia agrees to pay Pacific nation of Nauru $1.62 billion to…

Australia has agreed to pay the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru A$2.5 billion (US$1.62 billion) over three decades to host deported non-citizens, with accommodation for the first deportees already prepared, Australian officials said on Wednesday....

Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say

The major parties have been accused of “stitching up” a deal to transform Nauru into Australia’s “dumping ground and penal colony” as parliament passed laws stripping basic legal rights from a group of noncitizens set to be deported. The home...

$2.5 billion to force people to Nauru and denial of natural justice in new Labor law

Australian Greens The Home Affairs (2025 Measures No. 1) Bill 2025 was rammed through today by the Liberals and Labor, following revelations that the secret agreement with Nauru signed by the Albanese Government will cost $2.5 billion. In a rushed...

Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal

Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 The Australian government has agreed to pay the small Pacific island nation of Nauru some $1.6bn to resettle former detainees who have “no legal right to remain in Australia”, in the latest iteration of...

Nauru leader says nation's future insured with growing trust fund

Nauru President David Adeang said the tiny Pacific island nation’s future is secured with the Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund, which is currently inching toward a net value of close to half a billion dollars. “Our government is determined not...

Australia to pay Nauru $1.62bn to house deportees

SYDNEY: Australia has agreed to pay the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru $1.62 billion over three decades to host deported non-citizens, with accommodation for the first deportees already prepared, Australian officials said on Wednesday. Prime...

Cost of Nauru deportation deal revealed in late-night inquiry as PM pressed on lack of detail

Australian taxpayers will be slugged $2.5 billion over 30 years to deport hundreds of former immigration detainees to Nauru under a deal with the Pacific nation, a parliamentary committee has been told. The Albanese government signed a memorandum...

Labor’s secretive Nauru deal could slug taxpayers billions over 30 years

Australia could be staring down a staggering $2.5 billion bill to relocate hundreds of ex-detainees to Nauru, with officials warning payments could flow for the next 30 years. The Albanese government last week finalised an agreement with the...

‘Mess of their own making’: Sussan Ley blasts Labor’s ‘massive fail’ on Nauru deal

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has criticised the Albanese government’s “massive expenditure” on its Nauru deportation deal, claiming it is a “mess of their own making”. A parliamentary inquiry was told yesterday the Government's NZYQ resettlement...

Details emerge on Nauru NZYQ agreement

Hundreds of convicted criminals could live freely in Nauru under a new proposal to deport them to the country. Home Affairs officials revealed to a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday that the government’s NZYQ resettlement agreement could cost...