Detainees to be deported

CANBERRA: Hundreds of former immigration detainees will be deported to Nauru under a controversial deal that has secured bipartisan support. The pact will cost Australian taxpayers more than $400 million up front and then $70 million ongoing each year. It will allow Australia to transfer about 280 former detainees including convicted criminals to the tiny […]

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  • Sex pest in breach of conditions

    Sex pest in breach of conditions

    A FORMER Freeman of Mildura, now on the sex offender’s registry for life, has been fined for failing to report contact with a minor. Eighty-two-year-old…