New deal secures more Pacific Islander farmworkers for Victoria
Victoria will get an extra 1,500 Pacific Islander workers to fill shortages on farms, but the farming federation has warned more quarantine facilities are...
Fiji with highest COVID infection rate aims to have Australians back within months
When Brent Hill, one of Australian tourism’s most successful marketers, decided to swap his role with a destination that boasts one of the planet's...
The U.S strategy to counter China in the Pacific could be a $1bn misstep
Opinion by Gerard Finin and Terence Wesley-Smith
After decades of ambivalence, the United States plans to expand its footprint in the Pacific islands region...
‘COP26 must be postponed’ – Climate Action Network
Vaccine inequity, unaffordable accommodation, travel challenges and new surges in the Covid19 pandemic will lock out huge numbers of developing country delegates from the...
Palau, FSM, RMI, Kiribati, and Nauru to form MPS Secretariat
Nauru is looking to host a Micronesia Presidents’ Summit Secretariat with leaders of Nauru, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of the Marshall...
Pacific Minister raises concern about PNG COVID-19 vaccine rate
Australia's Minister for the Pacific, Zed Seselja, recently declared that “until everyone is safe from COVID, no one is safe”.
But it's an objective that...
Palau, Nauru ink air service agreement
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr, signed an air service agreement last week with Nauru, citing Palau looks forward to the day when air services...
Samoa hopes to re-open tourism by 2022
Holidaymakers wanting to travel to Samoa once borders re-open will likely have to wait until 2022.
CEO of Samoa's tourism authority Fa'amatuainu Lenata'i Suifua said...
Pacific wants urgent, ambitious action on climate from governments, global community -Forum SG Henry Puna statement at Virtual Island Summit 2021
Warm greetings from the Blue Pacific region, and thank you for this opportunity to share with you what the Pacific Islands Forum is doing...
19 Vanuatu MPs retain seats
The decision of the former Vanuatu Speaker of Parliament on the announcement of the vacation of seats of 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) has...
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France reaffirms commitment to Pacific disaster preparedness with €1 million contribution
As funding for humanitarian preparedness becomes increasingly constrained worldwide, the Pacific Community (SPC) has welcomed the Government of France’s €1 million (US$1.16 million) contribution...
Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia.
Representatives of the ULMWP were this...
Court to decide Solomon Islands PM’s fate on 01 May in Court of appeal...
After three weeks of intense legal arguments, the nation now waits for 01 May, when the Solomon Islands Court of Appeal will deliver a...