Nauru

The head of Save the Children Australia says the end of its tenure on Nauru means there is no longer an agency to speak up for the rights of children in detention there.

Save the Children's tenure on Nauru has come to an end as other charities pay bonds to the government, which can be forfeited if they speak out on its policy.

The Australian Opposition's immigration spokesperson says he believes Nauru is open to greater media access to the island, but the federal government needs to convince it why it should.

Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, says a Somali refugee who became pregnant after she was allegedly raped on Nauru will return to Australia for medical advice on seeking an abortion.

Nauru's justice minister has rejected foreign journalists' calls for greater access, saying the country's government has no obligation to answer to foreign media.

The Philippines says it will not accept any refugees sent by Australia if they are expected to live there permanently.

The government of Nauru says it is considering restarting its own shipping service because of high charges levied by the only company linking the island with Fiji.

Refugee advocates say the family camp for asylum seekers on Nauru was evacuated yesterday after an unexploded bomb was uncovered.

Nauru's government has appointed a senior law lecturer at the University of the South Pacific as its new Supreme Court registrar.

The Nauru office of the group Save the Children has been raided reportedly because the charity is suspected of violating Nauru's Cyber Crime Act.

Amnesty International has urged Australia to immediately transfer a Somali refugee from Nauru in urgent need of an abortion and mental health care.

Police in Nauru say they visited a Somali woman who claimed to be pregnant because she was raped but she declined to make a statement.

Australia is giving Nauru more aid to improve its power supply.

The associate editor of the newspaper The Australian, Chris Kenny, has become the first foreign journalist to be granted a visa to visit Nauru in 18 months.

The Australian Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, has not ruled out allowing a pregnant asylum seeker on Nauru return to Australia, as long as it's not for migration purposes.

The deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division says Australia should accept all refugees in Nauru onto its shores.

A Somali refugee returned to Nauru after it was claimed she changed her mind about an abortion, says she did not see a doctor and received no counselling while she was in Australia.