Australian TV is reporting that a 41-year-old Melbourne man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Jill Meagher.

GORDON BROWN insisted yesterday he did understand public fears about immigration as he tried to move on from his “bigot” slur.

Tensions flared again today between officials and mostly Iraqi asylum seekers when some refused to be unloaded from an Australian navy ship docked at the tiny Pacific island of Nauru.