The Australian government says it "respects" the decision taken by Nauru to sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and recognise China instead. The Nauru government said on Monday that "in the ...

On a per person basis that’s equivalent to half the average Nauruan’s annual salary. The budget support aims to “provide the Nauru government with fiscal certainty to invest in its future,” including ...

Conscious of the need to maintain good relations with the Nauru government to keep its refugee processing centre open, and more recently to counter Chinese influence attempts, Australia has at ...

Labor and the Coalition are clashing on border security after a surge in the number of asylum seekers detained at Australia’s offshore processing centre in Nauru.

In an official statement, the Nauru government said the diplomatic switch is in line with the "One China Principle," which mandates that the only legal government representing the whole of China ...

Australia and Nauru have signed a new treaty that will lock other nations out of providing security or critical infrastructure to the island nation. The deal has been inked as Australia competed ...

The nation’s offshore asylum processing centre in Nauru now holds more than 100 asylum-seekers who reached Australia by boat, the biggest surge in detainee numbers on the Pacific island since the ...

The Pacific island nation of Nauru is in talks with Australia on a migration and economic deal, a Nauru official says, as the world's third-smallest country also weighs offers from China.

In two pacts struck this week, the Australian Labor government has sought to establish control over the security and foreign policy decision making of Nauru and Papua New Guinea. The deals ...