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70 detainees leave Christmas Island
The Australian
SEVENTY Afghan detainees have flown from Christmas Island to the mainland, as both Labor and the Coalition again pledged to 'stop the boats'. ...

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G-Online
Season for concealment
Sydney Morning Herald
Garrett's decision to knock back an application for new mining leases on Christmas Island was lost in the pre-election hysteria. And that, pretty clearly, ...
Garrett rejects mine extensionG-Online

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Jakarta in detention talks with Canberra
The Australian
More than 140 asylum-seeker boats have arrived in Australian waters since 2007, filling the Christmas Island immigration detention centre and other similar ...
Election causing boatpeople scrambleThe Australian
Navy reels from refugee surgeHerald Sun
More refugees sailing for AustraliaUPI.com

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Stressed Navy calls up reserves
Adelaidenow
... including patrol boats and Customs vessels, has been warned of an armada of asylum-seeker boats in waters around Christmas Island and Ashmore Reef. ...
Navy tensions over boat peopleHerald Sun

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Christmas Island: Shell out for a trip to crab central
New Zealand Herald
It's impossible to avoid the occasional casualty on Christmas Island, even when driving as carefully as Preston, a keen environmentalist. ...

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Labor denies asylum 'echo'
The Australian
The freeze, he told told the ABC, "has hardly any impact because the living conditions in Christmas Island are much better [than] in Afghanistan or in ...
Nauru willing to take asylum seekers againRadio New Zealand
Opposition seizes on new boat arrivalsABC Online
E.Timor seeks asylum seeker solutionSydney Morning Herald

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Pakistan asks to interrogate refugees
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Tony Negus said a decision to grant Pakistan access to Christmas Island needed to be "considered in its fullness".
Pak's request to interrogate Oz asylum seekers to curb human smuggling on holdSify

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Boat with 40 people aboard intercepted off Christmas Island
Herald Sun
Tony Abbott will appear in Hey Hey It's Saturday on Wednesday, alongside singer, Kylie Minogue. John Ferguson takes the political pulse of the state as he ...

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Lack of room at the inns hits Christmas Island tourism
The Australian
CHRISTMAS Island dive boat operator Simon Prince hasn't seen a group of tourists since April and he blames the Immigration Detention Centre. ...
Jakarta may lock up boatpeopleThe Australian
Boat rush blamed on election fearsThe Australian
Fleeing war to a hotbed of paranoiaSydney Morning Herald
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Mining to end on Christmas Island
The Australian
FEDERAL Environment Minister Peter Garrett has declared the end of phosphate mining on Christmas Island to protect threatened species. ...
Red crabs pinch Christmas Island mine plansBusiness Spectator

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