Preparing Australia to respond to disasters—at home and abroad
PETER LAYTON | The COVID pandemic relentlessly rolls on but prescribed burns have now also begun across Australia as the next bushfire… Read More
Region | Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
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Road to COP26: Timeline of Pacific diplomacy
TESS NEWTON CAIN | ‘Climate diplomacy’ encompasses the interactions, practices and protocols through which state and non-state actors advance and negotiate their… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 4 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Forum Foreign Ministers focus on COVID-19 recovery The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers met during last week in… Read More
Pacific climate diplomacy – strength in solidarity
MAHENDRA KUMAR | Over the last 10 years or so, the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), have demonstrated, through various significant events,… Read More
Climate change and maritime boundaries: Pacific responses and implications for Australia
REBECCA STRATING AND JOANNE WALLIS | Climate change has the potential to undermine the maritime resource entitlements of Pacific island states. Resource-rich maritime areas… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 28 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Court of Appeal decision is a reset for Samoa In Samoa, a prolonged political deadlock now appears to be… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 21 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Regional trade and economic meetings The trade and economic officials and ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) members… Read More
Morrison left out on Pacific rim over climate diplomacy
WESLEY MORGAN | The first national leader to congratulate Joe Biden on his election as US President was Fiji’s Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama. Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 14 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Fiji COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 crisis in Fiji continues to dominate the news in that country. The outbreak… Read More
Precarious moment: Vanuatu court to rule on prime minister’s fate
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Vanuatu’s court of appeal will sit today to decide the political fate of the prime minister, Bob Loughman, and… Read More
