A Queensland defence and security perspective
Friday
21st July
2023
PETER LAYTON | Australia has no international land borders but only just. Queensland’s Saibai Island is only…
Category Archive: Queensland and the Pacific
Disaster-resilient infrastructure top priority in the Pacific
Tuesday
17th January
2023
JACK WHELAN | As floods wreaked havoc across vast areas of eastern Australia, 2022 was described as ‘The…
Defence industry and the Pacific
Tuesday
27th September
2022
PETER LAYTON* | From an Australian defence viewpoint, the Pacific is suddenly fashionable. This renewed attention has encouraged…
Art as diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region
Monday
20th December
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE | An ongoing aim in Australian diplomacy is to deepen the nation’s engagement with the dynamism…
One region, one family, one report: Activating trade and investment between Australia and the Pacific islands region
Thursday
14th October
2021
CAITLIN BYRNE AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific island nations, like many others in the Asia Pacific,…
Meet the Mackay South Sea Islander Communities
Thursday
17th June
2021
The city of Mackay, located on the east coast of Australia, is situated 930km north of Brisbane and marks the…
Papua New Guineans farewell the Grand Chief in Brisbane
Monday
15th March
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | In the heart of Brisbane, the PNG community came together to mark the passing…
The Torres Strait Treaty, a journey of Islander autonomy
Thursday
11th February
2021
“We are happy to share what we have in the Torres Strait, but we will not give – not a…
Cairns charts course for major Pacific hub status
Thursday
4th February
2021
Shipyards in the port city of Cairns in far-north Queensland are set to boom, with hundreds of millions of dollars…
Queensland – the Pacific state
Thursday
28th January
2021
When it comes to connections with the Pacific islands region, Queensland is the Australian state that can lead the…