Loughman withdrew his motion of no confidence against PM Kalsakau
The Leader of the Opposition, Bob Loughman, withdrew his motion of no confidence against Prime Minister, Ishmael Kalsakau this morning in parliament.
Loughman told parliament...
Pacific pressure: Island leaders say security ties at risk unless Australia does more to...
Pacific leaders are warning the Albanese government it must raise its climate goals or risk harming Australia’s security ties to the region, following an...
‘Weak and insufficient’ progress made towards disaster risk reduction
Countries met to review progress on implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction - a landmark 2015 agreement to reduce damage, losses and...
Pacific meetings, defence pact, to go ahead in PNG without Biden
U.S President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape on Thursday after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation...
China to consult Canberra on any Pacific security pacts
China says it will consult Australia on any future Sino-Pacific island security pacts after a policing agreement with the Solomon Islands took the region...
United Nations Resident Coordinator to Fiji and Pacific sent on administrative leave
The United Nations Resident Coordinator to Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, Sanaka Samarasinha is currently on administrative leave, after complaints against...
India snubs French territories for regional summit
The third Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) will be held in Papua New Guinea on 22 May – but the full membership of...
FijiFirst suspended, MP’s excluded from Parliament: Speaker
Fiji’s Speaker of Parliament Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu says that the 24 Members of the FijiFirst Party (In Suspension) will not be part of Parliament...
Global temperatures set to break records during next five years: WMO
Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El...
Biden envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign deals
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed 20-year extensions of funding...
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Pacific Elders call for reversal of Forum’s Israel partnership
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PNG sets 2035 climate targets, pledges net- negative emissions
Papua New Guinea has set new climate targets to increase renewable energy, reduce deforestation and strengthen climate resilience, while aiming for net-negative emissions by...
Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries, says UN weather agency
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