Opinion: The Pacific, emerging from COVID, slowly

The impact of COVID-19 on the economies of the Pacific island region has been much more severe than on any other region or group of countries. The Pacific contracted by 5.4% between 2019 and 2021; other regions or

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An Australian-funded safe ferries program would save lives in the Pacific

Marine safety and sea transport are major concerns for the Pacific Islands region. The island states have a high level of dependence on inter-island transport for the movement of both goods and people. All Pacific

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Real partnership with Solomon Islands must be based on truth

Last week, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Australia’s Anthony Albanese met in Canberra for the first time, less than a month after Australia offered to fund Solomon Islands’ elections to avoid

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An ominous warning for PNG

Papua New Guinea: “When we don’t have any of these copper and gold mines anymore, where are we headed?” This quote is by Jerry Garry, Managing Director of PNG’s Mineral Resources Authority (MRA). According to Mr

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Opinion: High-stakes drama in Marshall Islands or just another day at the office?

A word of free advice: if you’re going to try to bribe legislators to create a special zone to attract at best suspicious investment, don’t do it as an officer of a non-governmental organisation you formed in the

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Opinion: A new climate for Australian aid

Australia has just been found to have failed to adequately protect the rights of Torres Strait Islanders from the impacts of climate change. In a landmark ruling, the UN Human Rights Committee heard arguments from

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Opinion: More of the same is not the answer to building influence in the Pacific

Following almost a decade of geopolitically driven “stepping up”, ‘uplifting’, ‘resetting’, and “stepping up across the board”, it appears that Western governments believe more of the same will achieve

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Opinion: Bougainville signals tough line on independence

In the last 100 years we have had to endure hardships from oppressive regimes who sought to take away our resources, our rights and even our lives. Our struggle for independence has been a long one. In 2019, a

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Fiji 2022 Elections: crucial for the Pacific

Fiji soon goes to the polls for the 2022 General Elections. There are two major candidates vying for Prime Ministership, both former coup leaders. Sitiveni Rabuka (Peoples’ Alliance Party) who did the country’s

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Pacific Regionalism and Astronomy

The ‘2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent’ was launched at the 51st Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting held in Suva on 11-14 July 2022. At the welcoming ceremony, Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Chair, PM

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Opinion: The RSE scheme – raising standards to change the narrative

The annual Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) conference, this year held in Wellington under the banner ‘Voices of the Pacific’ (27-29 July), was likely the largest RSE conference to date. Over 400 attendees –

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Opinion: Shifting the dial on child malnutrition in the Pacific and Timor-Leste

As donors seeking to support development impact in the Pacific, the Australian government cannot afford to ignore the challenge of child undernutrition and its deep and long-lasting impacts on the Pacific region’s

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