Australia’s $400 million deal with Nauru to deport people to the atoll nation is under scrutiny. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

By Dominic Giannini in Canberra

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is refusing to release the full details of a deal signed with Nauru to deport people despite criticising China for being opaque in its Pacific dealings.

Australia signed a memorandum of understanding with the atoll nation, offering more than $400 million up-front and $70 million annually to aid with the deportation of hundreds of released immigration detainees.

But even the monetary figure hasn’t been publicly confirmed by the federal government.

“We have arrangements between governments and those arrangements are ones we enter into across the board,” Mr Albanese told reporters in Canberra on Wednesd

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