Timor Leste key to Australia’s regional security network: Aust deputy PM Marles
Australia sees Timor-Leste as a critical link in its regional security network, with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles saying a new defence framework with...
More PNG citizens able to enlist in Australian military
More Papua New Guinea citizens have been given a green light to join the Australian military as part of strengthening ties between the two...
Pacific partner pact boosts police, not military ties
Australia's recently agreed treaty with Vanuatu will step up policing partnerships but not stop foreign military from setting up shop as domestic law already...
Tonga police see crime growing more regional and digital
Tonga’s criminal threat landscape has changed fast, and Acting Chief Superintendent Selosia Fatukala-Satini says the shift is forcing police to rethink how they work.
Speaking...
Regional response needed as Pacific drug threat grows
Cook Islands Islands Secretary of Health Bob Williams has called for a tougher, more coordinated Pacific response to drug trafficking.
Williams warned that the crisis...
Fiji Police officers train for CHOGM security in Samoa
Thirty-five Fiji police officers are attending a diplomacy training facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), ahead of their deployment to Samoa to...
Pacific charm offensive as China muscles on policing
Pacific policing and Australia’s bid to host a major climate conference are top of mind as senior Australian ministers undertake a charm offensive in...
New centre for Pacific police training in China
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Tonga leader says police provide ‘freedom from fear’, support democracy
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Security expert calls for unity against “Polycrisis” at Pacific Security Conference
The director of the Pacific Security College Professor Dave Peebles, has addressed one of the urgent security challenges confronting the Pacific.
And Professor Peebles shared...
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Timor Leste key to Australia’s regional security network: Aust deputy PM Marles
Australia sees Timor-Leste as a critical link in its regional security network, with Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles saying a new defence framework with...
It’s time for WCPFC to commit to a biodegradable FAD transition
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Pacific launches gender action plan to make tourism more inclusive
Pacific tourism organisations have been given a new regional action plan and practical tools to strengthen gender equality, support women’s economic participation and improve...