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Foreign Minister Penny Wong tells Pacific nations ‘we have heard you’ as Australia and...
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PM Albanese says Australia needs to step up engagement with Pacific Islands in response...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia needs to step up engagement with Pacific Islands in response to 'changed environment'
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Fiji AG seeks to play down concern over China’ proposed deal
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John Rosso sworn in as PNG deputy PM
Another Morobean has been sworn in as the new Papua New Guinea deputy Prime Minister two weeks after the passing of Sam Basil.
Minister for...
Five things we learned about China’s ambitions for the Pacific from the leaked deal
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Ten years ago, Pacific security thinkers would debate whether Chinese engagement in the Pacific was by default or by...
Disaster prevention, risk reduction, critical to sustainable future: UN deputy chief
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