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The Latest Breaking News from Manus

The rise of Paladin, KPMG’s cameo, and what the NACC isn’t telling us

Just a week after being sent the tender for the Manus contract, Paladin submitted its bid. Its initial quote to provide the services was $152m. After negotiations, Paladin was awarded a revised contract… of $229.5m.

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Manus Island refugee death unpreventable, inquest told

A Queensland coroner is examining the circumstances surrounding asylum seeker Faysal Ishak Ahmed's death on Manus Island in 2016.

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Behrouz Boochani: ‘I was not a victim. I was a fighter’

In a bohemian corner of Wellington, the former Manus Island detainee has found his way through writing and walking – despite, he insists, being properly lazy

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The Australian detention system was established to destroy us, but we refugees are still here

We were banished to Manus and Nauru, out of sight and out of mind. We are calling for a royal commission because the Australian public deserves the truth

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Refugees in PNG told they will be evicted after Australian-sponsored housing bills not paid

Exclusive: Former Manus Island detainees facing loss of accommodation, but the Australian government claims it is no longer responsible for their welfare

The Guardian - AU

Millions reportedly paid to Pacific MPs a drop in the ocean of detention expenses

Let’s look back on what Australian taxpayer dollars have helped achieve on Manus Island and Nauru.

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Behrouz Boochani, the refugee writer who exposed the cruelty of Australia’s island jail

One inmate became the voice of the men locked up on Manus. Behrouz Boochani and Ben Doherty look back at the risks he took to get this story to the world

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Harvard University team heading to PNG in quest to find interstellar rock unlike anything scientists have seen before

Believed to have crashed into the sea off PNG's Manus Island, the rare interstellar meteor was one of the first ever documented, and it has scientists questioning if it could be artificially made.

ABC News

Manus Island and Nauru: previously unseen testimony and AI imagery reveal ‘unimaginable’ part of Australian history

The witness statements were collected during more than 300 hours of interviews with refugees as part of a now discontinued pro bono class action

The Guardian - AU

Govt failure led to Manus riot, court told

Lawyers for security firm G4S say the Commonwealth did not listen to G4S' requests for help ahead of a 2014 riot on Manus Island.

AAP

Govt put Manus guards at risk, court told

An Australian detention centre security guard is taking on the commonwealth government in court for allegedly putting her at risk during deadly riots.

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