Hannah Ryan
I WhatsApped Refugees To Ask Why They're So Freaked Out About The Government Taking Their Phones Away
A proposed law would make it easier for detention guards to seize phones from immigrants. We started a group chat to find out how refugees feel about it.
Hannah Ryan
This Is BuzzFeed News Australia’s Last Day. Here Are 37 Of Our Favourite Stories.
For the last time, we just call them lists.
BuzzFeed Oz News
A 24-Year-Old Who Died Mysteriously On Nauru Should Get An Inquest, Lawyers Say
Lawyers for Rakib Khan’s family asked the Queensland coroner to hold an inquest as his body was transported through Brisbane.
Hannah Ryan
This Young Man Spent His Twenties Imprisoned On A Pacific Island Before Finding Safety In Canada
Amir Sahragard hoped for safety in Australia but ended up in a brutal offshore camp. He is still dealing with the trauma as he starts a new life.
Lauren Strapagiel
This Woman Believes COVID-19 And The Bushfires Show The Apocalypse Is Coming. It Saved Her From Being Deported.
The woman and her husband are members of the "Local Church", whose members believe everyone else will perish when God returns.
Hannah Ryan
This Man’s Leg Was Amputated Just Before The Coronavirus Hit. Now When He Falls, There’s Nobody To Help Him Up.
"The prosthetic leg is not the right fit for me and I am constantly falling and injuring myself," Jamshid Rahimi Azar told BuzzFeed News.
Saba Vasefi
A Girl Held In Detention On A Remote Island Celebrated Her 5th Birthday On Zoom
Supporters sang the Biloela family's eldest daughter "Happy Birthday", read her an acrostic poem and blew out candles on cakes they had baked for her.
Hannah Ryan
This Politician Coughed So Much During A Speech That He's Now In Self-Isolation Waiting For A COVID-19 Test Result
"I immediately left Parliament House to be tested and will await the result in isolation."
Hannah Ryan
Life On The Tiny Pacific Island Where No-One Has The Coronavirus
The coronavirus hasn’t reached Nauru. But an outbreak could be disastrous.
Hannah Ryan
The US, Struggling Under The Pressure Of The Coronavirus, Is Still Taking Refugees From Australia
Refugees in Australia face an unenviable choice: stay in indefinite detention, or start a new life at the epicentre of a global pandemic.
Hannah Ryan
A Ruby Princess Crew Member Spent A Month On A Ventilator In A Coma. Doctors Couldn’t Contact His Wife.
The 38-year-old man was in an induced coma and couldn't consent to medical treatment, so a tribunal had to act as his guardian.
Hannah Ryan
The Latest Tactic For Getting Refugees Out Of Detention Hotels? Leaving Negative Online Reviews.
More than 200 refugees and asylum seekers are detained at close quarters in hotels despite coronavirus fears.
Hannah Ryan
A Court Guessed How Gay Men From Conservative Families Would React After First Having Sex. It Cost Two Men Their Refugee Status.
A tribunal found it was "implausible" the men wouldn't remember what happened in the days after they first had sex, even six years later.
Hannah Ryan
The Coronavirus Is Preventing Deportations In Australia
The pandemic has stopped travel, closed borders and halted deportations — meaning some immigrants facing removal from Australia are asking for their visas back instead.
Hannah Ryan
A Petting Zoo Owner Stabbed And Beat A Dog To Death After It Attacked His Camel. He Won't Go To Jail.
The man's actions were abhorrent and cruel but not a crime because the dog was a "pest animal", a judge found.
Hannah Ryan
"WTF Was I Meant To Do?" Australia's Former PM Spilled The Tea About That Phone Call With Trump In His New Book
Trump joked that Turnbull had “two thousand of the worst terrorists in the world locked up on a desert island” and had talked Trump into taking them.
Hannah Ryan
“How Are We Still Essential?” Workers At Huge Entertainment Chain JB Hi-Fi Are Scared About Safety
Customers browsing in JB Hi-Fi's narrow aisles are constantly picking up and touching DVDs and electronics.
Hannah Ryan
This Guy Had Sore Muscles After Working Out For 3 Days. He Ended Up In COVID-19 Solitary Confinement.
After almost three days in a tiny room, he finally got his COVID-19 result: negative.
Hannah Ryan
Australia Is Going To Make Facebook And Google Pay For The Journalism They Use
Australia will seek "to become the first country in the world to successfully require payment for content", treasurer Josh Frydenberg said.
Hannah Ryan
The Coronavirus Has Led To War Between Runners, Walkers And Cyclists
Sydney's waterside Bay Run is a beautiful 7km path, perfect for walking, running or cycling. It's also the site of a brewing conflict.
Hannah Ryan
