As of 31 May 2022, there were 112 people on Nauru as part of Australia's offshore processing regime. The processing centre accounts for more than half of the island country's government budget.
, the first by an Australian minister since Honiara officially signed a security agreement with China.
China has put a regional security deal on ice as some Pacific island nations push for regional consensus ahead of any security treaty being signed. Australia and New Zealand have maintained the security needs of the Pacific should remain within the remit of the "Pacific family".Penny Wong laments Australia’s ‘lost decade’ in Pacific as China reportedly seeks new regional deal
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