Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 19 October
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Australian Deputy Prime Minister visits PNG Last week saw Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, visit… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Australian Deputy Prime Minister visits PNG Last week saw Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, visit… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Final preparations for Vanuatu elections Vanuatu’s snap elections will be held on Thursday 13th October. The Electoral Commission is busy getting… Read More
RACHEL SMITH | The 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) motto was “a watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges,” with member states… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Outcomes of the White House summit Last week’s White House summit had some significant outcomes. It was the first time that… Read More
RENATA RAM | Over the last decade, Pacific island countries have had to deal with a multitude of problems, with the increase in non-communicable… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific leaders to meet with US President at the White House This week will see the first meeting between the President… Read More
PETER LAYTON* | From an Australian defence viewpoint, the Pacific is suddenly fashionable. This renewed attention has encouraged some interest in possible regional… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Disaster response in focus in Brisbane Pacific ministers and officials converged on Brisbane this week for the UN’s Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Large earthquake hits Papua New Guinea An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has struck eastern Papua New Guinea,… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Further erosion of the Rule of Law in Kiribati The government of Kiribati has suspended the three judges of the… Read More