US Retreat Leaves Australia to Weigh Pacific Aid Gaps
by Ben McKay of AAP Australia and other development partners are moving to cover gaps across the Pacific as the…
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Pacific worker labour scheme wage boost changes delayed
Pacific island workers in Australia under a working visa scheme will have to wait nine months longer for changes that…
PNG Talks Embrace Ties, Keep China at Arm’s Length
Brisbane, AAP – A warm embrace has marked defence treaty talks between Australia and Papua New Guinea, giving the cold shoulder…
JEREMY DONOVAN SHARES KASTOM MUSIC, CULTURE AND STORI
Australian First Nations musician and artist Kuku-Yalanji man Mr Jeremy Donovan has concluded his visit to Solomon Islands. Over 9-days,…
SIG Lifts Stop Notice: Jerry Brunt Flies Home, Vows to Take Legal Action
by Georgina Maka’a Samoan Jerry Brunt flew out of the country this afternoon after submitting an affidavit to officials investigating…
Gov’t Issues ‘Stop Notices’ Against 4 Regional Pageant Judges
by Georgina Maka’a Government “stop notices” were issued against all four regional judges not to leave the country after last Saturday night’s…
USD$38 Million Claim Over Devastating Oil Spill
Six Years on….Rennell Landowners Seek Justice by Georgina Maka’a In a first-of-its-kind claim in both collaboration and magnitude, landowners of…
Five-way coalition likely in Vanuatu, just one woman MP
AAP – Just one woman has been elected in Vanuatu’s election, which looks likely to have returned the previous government prior…
Earthquake cannot derail Vanuatu’s snap election
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (AAP) – Voting is beginning in Vanuatu’s snap election, remarkably going ahead despite the turbulence of a severe…
Australian rescuers en route to quake- stricken Vanuatu
Australian rescue teams are set to depart for Vanuatu with fears the death toll will rise on the South Pacific…