Tony Abbott has urged Scott Morrison to hold the line on asylum seekers and says Nauru is a “very, very pleasant island.” Read Today's Paper Mind Games The Australian Plus ...

Once known as Pleasant Island, Nauru comprises about 8 square miles — a fraction of the size of Washington, D.C. From the air, its geography is dominated by several large features: ...

Life on Nauru is very pleasant, says Tony Abbott. Coalition conservatives have hit back at the push to clear refugee children from Nauru, describing it as a ‘very pleasant island’.

Nauru was once known as 'Pleasant Island', but decades of phosphate mining have turned most of its 21 square kilometres into wasteland. Food security is already an issue, ...

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Nauru, one of the world's least-visited countries, is a tropical island paradise.Nicknamed "Pleasant Island" by Captain John Fearn, the first European to spot the beautiful island, Nauru's ...

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has come out in defence of the government's decision to leave children and families on Nauru, saying the island is 'very pleasant' and 'no hell-hole'. Mr Abbott's ...

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has come out in defence of the government's decision to leave children and families on Nauru, saying the island is 'very pleasant' and 'no hell-hole'.

Once known as Pleasant Island, Nauru (pronounced NO-roo, not Nah-oo-roo) gained its independence in 1968, after a period of trusteeship by the United Nations.

The Opposition leader Tony Abbott has insisted the Pacific Island of Nauru, where he wants to send between 2,000 and 5,000 asylum seekers, is 'not an unpleasant place to live'.