GCF funds for Nauru port

  By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru  Like other Pacific island nations, Nauru is facing significant climate challenges. Last October, the Micronesian nation

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GCF funds for Nauru port

  By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru  Like other Pacific island nations, Nauru is facing significant climate challenges. Last October, the Micronesian nation

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Securing maritime boundaries

By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru Many Pacific island states are really large ocean states, with vast Exclusive Economic Zones. As local enterprises and overseas

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Chinese walkout

  By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru   China’s representative to today’s partner dialogue at the Pacific Islands Forum stormed out of the meeting, after

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Chinese walkout

  By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru   China’s representative to today’s partner dialogue at the Pacific Islands Forum stormed out of the meeting, after

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Chinese walkout

  By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru   China’s representative to today’s partner dialogue at the Pacific Islands Forum stormed out of the meeting, after

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China-Taiwan spat at Forum

By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru   It’s not only journalists who face visa problems getting into Nauru. China’s official delegation had trouble obtaining

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Forum to consider Biketawa Plus security declaration

BY Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru Pacific leaders will consider a new Biketawa Plus declaration on regional security, as they gather in Nauru for the 49th Pacific

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Coal lobby influences new Australian government

By Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru It’s the end of winter. Large areas of Australia are suffering under a major drought. Bushfires are raging across New South Wales.

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‘Macron-ising’ the Pacific

As French President Emmanuel Macron visited Australia and New Caledonia in May, France consolidated its standing across the Pacific. President Macron strengthened defence ties with the Turnbull Government, reinforced

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France consolidates regional standing

By Nic Maclellan As French President Emmanuel Macron visited Australia and New Caledonia in May, France consolidated its standing across the Pacific. President Macron strengthened defence ties with the Turnbull

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Hydrogen bomb test at Kiritimati

FOLLOWING three nuclear tests on Malden Island in 1957, the UK military relocated the testing site to Christmas Island (today known as Kiritimati). The decision to continue the weapons testing programme at the

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