Page 4 - Islands Business September 2023

September Vol 49 No 9

CONTENTS

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5 Editor’s Note New Caledonia
6 Briefs 24 Macron’s magical mystery tour of Melanesia
8 Whispers 26 New Caledonia’s nickel sector faces energy
crunch
10 Fiji: Democracy. Abort. Repeat.
14 Embattled Pacific Island States build heft for Shipping
climate push
34 Port investments and container safety: A
17 Fukushima discharge begins regional wrap
18 USAID: Power in the Pacific 36 What happens now that MEPC80 is behind us?
20 Pacific economies: Driven to the brink of
change
38 Where do I go to tell my story?
22 Pacific judiciaries ill-equipped against
technology 39 Kiribati’s fuel crisis
42 Opinion: Seabed mining rules lapse is window
for Pacific regulations

43 Movers and Shakers
45 Fowler: More than a Matilda Star

American Samoa ............US$10.00 French Polynesia .............. CPF500 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T12.00
French Polynesia .............. CPF500
Australia ....................... AU$6.00
New Zealand .................NZ$10.00
Solomon Islands ............. SL$30.00
Australia ......................AU$10.00 Guam..........................US$10.00 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T10.00
Hawaii ......................... US$6.00
Cook Islands ................... NZ$6.00
Niue ...........................NZ$10.00
Tonga .............................P10.00
CNMI ..........................US$10.00 Hawaii ........................US$10.00 New Zealand .................. NZ$6.00 Solomon Islands ............. SL$20.00
Federated States of Micronesia ......
Kiribati ......................... AU$6.00
Cook Islands ..................NZ$10.00 Kiribati ........................AU$10.00 Niue ............................ NZ$6.00 Tonga .............................P10.00
Palau ..........................US$10.00
Tuvalu .........................AU$10.00
Marshall Islands .............. US$6.00
US$6.00
Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
FSM ............................US$10.00 Marshall Islands .............US$10.00 Palau ........................... US$6.00 Tuvalu .......................... AU$6.00
Papua New Guinea .............K15.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$4.35
Nauru .......................... AU$6.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$8.00 Nauru .........................AU$10.00 Papua New Guinea .............K10.00 Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
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