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MAGPIE EDGES OUT WHITE IBIS AND KOOKABURRA AS AUSTRALIAN BIRD OF THE YEAR
The magpie received 19,926 votes, followed by the Australian white ibis with 19,083 votes and the laughing kookaburra with 10,953 votes... READ MORE›
TWO KIWI SPECIES NO LONGER ENDANGERED IN NEW RED LIST
There are now 17,700 mature individuals of the Northern Brown kiwi species in New Zealand... READ MORE›
RED LIST: THOUSANDS OF SPECIES AT RISK OF EXTINCTION DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY
Craig Hilton-Taylor, who heads the group's red list unit, said species were going extinct at a faster rate than at any time in human history... READ MORE›
'LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT': REFUGEE WHO MET HIS WIFE ON MANUS PLEADING TO STAY
Refugee Alex Rashid met the love of his life on Manus Island, now he's fighting to stay with her and his family... READ MORE›
U.N. WATCHDOG TELLS AUSTRALIA TO CHANGE ITS MIGRATION LAWS
Australia should also consider closing the Christmas Island detention center, which was too remote to ensure protection of people held there, it said... READ MORE›
INCONSISTENCIES CAST STORY OF SAILORS RESCUED AFTER 5 MONTHS AT SEA INTO DOUBT
Archived NASA satellite images confirm there were no tropical storms around Hawaii that day... READ MORE›
HOW EUROPE'S FAR RIGHT FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY
Signatories to the UN refugee convention are, however, obliged to assess the claims of asylum seekers reaching their shores... READ MORE›
PROSPECT OF ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST BY NORTH KOREA RAISES SPECTER OF DANGER
That is why the United States and the Soviet Union banned such tests in their first nuclear test-ban treaty, more than a half-century ago... READ MORE›
WHAT HAPPENS IF NORTH KOREA TESTS A HYDROGEN BOMB OVER THE PACIFIC?
North Korea just intimated that it may test a nuclear weapon somewhere above the Pacific Ocean... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Christmas Island
RED LIST: ASH TREES AND ANTELOPES ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
While more than 150 new endangered species have been added to the new Red List, the prospects of some have improved... READ MORE›
JACINDA ARDERN PLEDGES TO DECRIMINALISE ABORTION
New Zealand election Jacinda Ardern pledges to decriminalise abortion... READ MORE›
JACINDA ARDERN BECOMES YOUNGEST NEW ZEALAND LABOUR LEADER AFTER ANDREW LITTLE QUITS
Jacinda Ardern becomes youngest New Zealand Labour leader after Andrew Little quits... READ MORE›
THE FAKE REFUGEE IMAGES THAT ARE BEING USED TO DISTORT PUBLIC OPINION ON ASYLUM SEEKERS
Another meme shared by an anti-immigration group in Croatia claims to show another Islamist arriving in Europe... READ MORE›
NOTORIOUS SMUGGLER 'CAPTAIN BRAM' ARRESTED IN JAKARTA
In 2011 Indonesia passed laws criminalising people smuggling, with penalties of between five and 15 years in prison for those convicted... READ MORE›
'LIKE SITTING ON THE EDGE OF HELL'
The non-negotiable cut-off date was announced by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in May... READ MORE›
ASYLUM GROUP 'LEGALLY HELD AT SEA'
Australia asylum sea detention of sri lankans legal court rules... READ MORE›
PLANET EARTH II REVIEW - DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S ROLLERCOASTER TOUR OF THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE RETURNS
So to Isla Escudo de Veraguas off the coast of Panama, home the only one to pygmy three-toed sloths... READ MORE›
FIRST DAY: THE PIONEERING SURGEON WHO CAME TO AUSTRALIA ON A LEAKY BOAT
It's hard to say exactly what was the first day Dr Munjed Al Muderis spent in Australia... READ MORE›
EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA'S ASYLUM SEEKER POLICY
Australia's asylum seeker policy has been criticised by advocacy groups and human rights organisations as draconian and inhumane... READ MORE›
COMMENT: FERAL CATS 'KILLLING HUNDREDS OF AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS'
If rabbits are culled from an area, but cats aren't controlled at the same time, then cats might switch prey and eat more small native mammals... READ MORE›
PEOPLE SMUGGLERS BACK IN ACTION IN INDONESIA
However Mr Honoris said he hoped the change in leadership would bring fresh air to the Indonesia-Australia bilateral relations... READ MORE›
INNOCENTS SUFFERED 'UNCONSCIONABLE ABUSE' AFTER CHRISTMAS ISLAND RIOTS
Innocents suffered 'unconscionable abuse' after Christmas Island riots, advocate says... READ MORE›
LEGAL BATTLE TO STOP 'CRUEL' MOBILE PHONE BAN IN DETENTION CENTRES
Australian Border Force is appealing a federal court injunction which stands in the way of plans to ban mobile phones in onshore detention... READ MORE›
THE BEST PICTURES FROM NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
The New Year celebrations have started in spectacular style with fireworks displays already taking place in Sydney and Wellington... READ MORE›
REMAINING TWO REFUGEES IN CAMBODIA RUE LEAVING NAURU
Daniel and four other refugees from Nauru saw Cambodia as a stepping stone to somewhere else, Ian Rintoul, of the Refugee Action Coalition, said... READ MORE›
'A DISASTER ZONE': RIOT AFTER DEATH OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND DETAINEE
But the Greens party are calling for an independent investigation into the immigration detention network following a death and subsequent riot on Christmas Island... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA HAS HAD FIVE PRIME MINISTERS IN FIVE YEARS
Tony Abbott removed Australia has had five prime ministers in five years... READ MORE›
SUSPECTED ASYLUM SEEKER BOAT BELIEVE TO STILL BE SITTING OFF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Island locals first noticed the boat about 6am this morning Christmas Island time anchored about 200 metres off Flying Fish Cove... READ MORE›
NOTORIOUS PEOPLE-SMUGGLER CAPTAIN BRAM JAILED FOR SIX YEARS IN INDONESIA
Notorious people-smuggler Captain Bram, who was paid to take asylum seekers back to Indonesia in 2015, has been jailed in Indonesia for six years... READ MORE›
MANUS ISLAND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO SUE AUSTRALIA OVER ILLEGAL DETENTION
Everyone is really happy, really happy, Ben Lomai, the Port Moresby-based lawyer for refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island, told SBS... READ MORE›
FERAL CATS MORE LIKELY TO PREY ON NATIVE ANIMALS IF RABBIT NUMBERS REDUCED
There are anywhere from eight million to 20 million feral cats in Australia that eat about 75 million native animals every night... READ MORE›
'WE ALWAYS LIVE IN FEAR': ROHINGYA REFUGEES SPEAK OUT
His boat was intercepted by Australian authorities, and he spent 22 months in detention in the Northern Territory and Christmas Island... READ MORE›
LEBANESE MAN CUTS HIS THROAT IN THIRD SUICIDE ATTEMPT AT CHRISTMAS ISLAND, SAY REFUGEE ACTIVISTS
Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said he believed it was the man's third suicide attempt in 10 days... READ MORE›
AN ISLAND DESTROYED: FROM TROPICAL PARADISE TO GHOSTLY MINING TOWN
Welcome to Banaba a once rich in phosphate island not many have heard of with a complex past largely buried in archives... READ MORE›
GRANDMOTHERS 'STAND UP' AGAINST DETENTION OF REFUGEE CHILDREN
Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children co-chairwoman Clare Forbes said they were all women of courage ... READ MORE›
RAPID GLOBAL LOSS OF LIFE-SUSTAINING CORAL AMID OCEAN WARMING ALARMING SCIENTISTS
The world has lost roughly half its coral reefs in the last 30 years... READ MORE›
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EUROPEAN REFUGEE CRISIS
Robert Visser director of the European Asylum Support Office says conflict creates refugees and there is more conflict near Europe's borders than there used to be... READ MORE›
COURT TO RULE ON AUSTRALIA'S REFUGEE-DETENTION POLICY
Should the verdict come down on the side of the government, 267 asylum seekers currently in Australia could be deported to the Pacific island of Nauru... READ MORE›
DISCOVERING CHRISTMAS ISLAND'S BRUTAL CHINESE PAST
He is one of hundreds who died from the disease on Christmas Island in the early 1900s... READ MORE›