Weekly Pacific Bulletin
Wednesday
29th April
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Kiribati elections The two rounds of elections to decide the new Parliament…
Archive: 2020
How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’?
Tuesday
28th April
2020
A more sophisticated and nuanced Pacific Step-up that addresses the challenges posed by coronavirus provides Australia with an opportunity to…
Even Xi not immune from politics of corona
Tuesday
28th April
2020
Xi Jinping has his mojo back. Since his seeming struggle to respond coherently to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan at…
COVID-19 and South East Asia: the week that was
Monday
27th April
2020
Cambodia receives 16 tonnes of medical supplies from China Indonesia's President bans mudik Philippines extends lockdown in several provinces across…
Finding and reporting news in Solomon Islands: the early days
Monday
27th April
2020
Initially, I ran Solomon Toktok single-handedly: collecting and writing stories, soliciting for advertisements, delivering papers at newspaper outlets, taking photographs,…
Sick refugee takes on Peter Dutton over coronavirus detention fears
Monday
27th April
2020
A refugee in immigration detention has launched a High Court challenge against Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and his department…
The economic consequences of COVID-19: For the first time in 60 years, growth is expected to be zero in the Asian region
Friday
24th April
2020
The Asian region, which includes some of the most dynamic economies in the world and accounts for more than 60%…
Regional wrap
Thursday
23rd April
2020
- Australia leads calls to review the WHO's functioning - Sino-US tensions escalate in the South China Sea - India…
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
23rd April
2020
Some good news from the Pacific this week as World Health Organization figures show a dramatic slowing in the…
Vanuatu elects new prime minister as country reels from devastating cyclone
Wednesday
22nd April
2020
Bob Loughman, an MP from the island of Tanna, will become the next prime minister of the south Pacific nation…