Thursday, January 8, 2026

Tony Abbott tight-lipped on suspected Vietnamese asylum seeker boat

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Photo: Andrew Meares Nicole Hasham July 21 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott is refusing to say how a suspected boat of Vietnamese asylum...

Vietnamese asylum seekers returned by plane in the dead of night: reports

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to comment on reports the Vietnamese asylum seekers had been returned, saying it wasn't his government's job to "run...

Suspected asylum seeker boat ‘unlikely to dock’ after interception, WA water police say

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PHOTO: The suspected asylum seeker boat near a cargo ship off Dampier on Monday (ABC TV) By Charlotte Hamlyn Updated 21 Jul 2015, 1:30pm Police assisting in...

Government quiet over reports Navy seeking to return Vietnamese asylum seekers

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Updated 17 Apr 2015, 6:20pm The Federal Government is refusing to confirm reports that the Navy is attempting to return a large group of asylum...

Navy reportedly moves to intercept boat carrying Vietnamese asylum seekers

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An image taken from ABC news footage of the suspected asylum seeker vessel off the coast of Western Australia on Monday. Photograph: ABC news Western...

Asylum seekers arrive in WA’s north-west

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Updated 20 Jul 2013, 6:52pm Locals who watched 17 asylum seekers being transferred to the mainland at Dampier in WA's north-west on Friday night say...

Fears returned Vietnamese asylum seekers are being grilled in police detention

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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. Photo: Andrew Meares Heath Aston APRIL 23 2015 Asylum seekers who were returned to Vietnam by the Australian Navy last week are...

Australia and Vietnam further cooperation to stamp out people smuggling

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Monday, 12 December 2016 A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security will...