More Civil Societies: Nauru
Over the last few months and weeks, conditions on Nauru for citizens and asylum seekers in detention alike has deteriorated rapidly. As Julie Macken discusses, some background is needed here. Nauru, as a tiny island nation no bigger than Melbourne airport has been ravaged for a century by mining practices which have left the nation dependent on imports and lucrative contracts with the Australian government. Even Australia deemed the island uninhabitable in 1970. The current situation is one of Australia’s making.
