PACNEWS TWO, 15 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. FIJI — U.S strengthens Fiji’s cyber defences amid warnings over China-linked threats2. SOL — Dick Stanley Pirione sworn in as Solomon Islands Ombudsman3. AUST — Palau
Security
PACNEWS ONE, 15 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC— Pacific head rebukes Australia’s focus on pre-COP costs2. PNG — PNG MPs given two days to debate Bougainville referendum results3. FIJI — Fiji Coalition partner NFP
PACNEWS TWO, 14 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — Australia’s ruling on coal ‘a clear signal’ to the world, Pacific minister says2. PACIFIC — Southwest Pacific faces increased tropical cyclone risk3. PACIFIC
Investing in peace and regional resilience
TAIWAN must invest in security if it is to live in peace. The Taiwanese Trade Representative to Fiji, David Wu, said that by
PACNEWS THREE, 13 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. FIJI — Jake White appointed Flying Fijians head coach2. PACIFIC — Marshall Islands warns climate change could expose Pacific war explosives3. FIJI — U.S warns of suspected
PACNEWS ONE, 13 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — Pacific partner pact boosts police, not military ties2. PACIFIC — El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies3. NIUE — ‘Imminent
PACNEWS THREE,12 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. AUST — Australia committee reviews Vanuatu security and cooperation pact2. AUST — Australia, Palau deepen cooperation on security and development3. SOL — All 73 people rescued from
Crowded room: The problem with Forum partners
AS regional leaders flew home from the 55th Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, their final communique highlighted a central theme of
PACNEWS ONE, 01 OCTOBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. TUVALU — Tuvalu appoints first woman Governor-General2. PACIFIC — Marshall Islands nuclear victims still seek justice 80 years after testing began3. PACIFIC — When the ocean rises,
Pacific welcomes defence support, sovereignty first
PACIFIC defence leaders have signaled openness to deeper security cooperation with partners across the Indo-Pacific, while making clear that national sovereignty must remain at the heart of any expanded foreign military
PACNEWS ONE, 28 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — President Heine warns against seabed mining, calls for UN nuclear testing apology2. PACIFIC — Tuvalu reclaims land as sea-level rise threatens future: PM Teo3. PACIFIC —
PACNEWS THREE, 25 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — Neville Choi takes PINA presidency as Moala steps down2. PACIFIC — PNG secures bid to host 2028 Pacific Media Summi3. PACIFIC — Climate crisis ‘not of our
PACNEWS THREE, 24 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — ‘The Pacific is our home, not a theatre for geopolitical competition’: Forum Chair Whipps2. PACIFIC — Pacific Climate envoys take Pacific priorities to UNGA and New
PACNEWS TWO, 24 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — ‘We cannot over-manage and over-regulate the media’ — Fiji Deputy PM Kamikamica2. PACIFIC — ‘This is not a walk in the park’: Wesley on healing Fiji’s media after
Fiji calls for united Pacific response to emerging security threats
FIJI has called for deeper regional integration and stronger defence cooperation as Pacific leaders confront an increasingly complex
Fiji pushes defence role in crime fight
FIJI is pushing for greater use of defence capabilities to support law enforcement agencies as transnational organised crime becomes
PNG urges Pacific to turn security dialogue into action
PAPUA New Guinea has called for stronger Pacific cooperation and concrete action as security threats across the region become
War and hunger in a starving world
WHEN nearly 80 per cent of the world faces hunger, blocking one of the world’s major breadbaskets is neither an accident nor merely
Joint operation monitors illegal fishing
TEN Pacific nations conducted a joint military operation to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in
Solomons police seek aerial help
SOLOMON Islands police have turned to drone technology in the fight against transnational crime. The increase in drug trafficking by
PACNEWS THREE, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. PACIFIC — Vanuatu seeks to host Pacific Multi-Hazard Early Warning Centre2. COOKS — U.S military presence at Cook Islands port ‘being negotiated’, Ambassador says3. COOKS
Seoul’s defence pivot to Europe
SOUTH Korean President Lee Jae-myung has just returned from France, where his state visit produced a series of agreements across
PACNEWS ONE, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026
In this bulletin: 1. FIJI — Fiji targets 24 December for new Constitution2. PACIFIC — Pacific Ministers renew commitment to stronger, more integrated weather, climate and early warning service3. PACIFIC
