Weekly Pacific Bulletin
COVID-19 impacts felt across the region The impacts of the global pandemic that is COVID-19 are being felt across the region. Several countries have declared… Read More
Region | Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
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Emerging disease and emerging economies: The capacity of Pacific health systems in the face of COVID-19
How will Pacific Island and Territories respond to the global pandemic, Covid19. Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 reaches the Pacific COVID-19 is now present in the Pacific islands region. There are now dozens of confirmed… Read More
Shifting electricity generation from non-renewable to renewable sources in Vanuatu
Vanuatu’s National Energy Road Map (NERM) 2016-2030 lists targets and objectives that the Government, through the Department of Energy (DoE), considers essential for overall… Read More
The ‘C’ word, burning elephants, post truth and how Pacific nations can lobby Australia’s position on climate change
With the elephant of climate change well and truly in the room and on fire in Australia, the Morrison Government is still shy to use… Read More
Australia’s new regional context: Pacific island futures and air power possibilities
PETER LAYTON | In the Australian strategic consciousness the Pacific islands looms very large. There is more than two hundred years of history that… Read More
Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu’s election explained
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Despite the fact there are no confirmed cases COVID-19 in Vanuatu so far, the fear is expected to present… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
Pacific countries brace for COVID-19 impacts Pacific countries are bracing for the impacts of COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases in the Pacific has… Read More
Fighting the giant
The threat of COVID-19 in the Pacific islands requires a disaster response mobilisation. A chief from the remote Banks islands in Vanuatu told me this… Read More
The nuclear-free Pacific is not free
When white flakes fell from the sky in the atolls belonging to the Marshall Islands, children were in awe and wonder, thinking it was snowing. Read More
