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In the final hours of the fourth round of negotiations on the revised zero draft of the global plastics treaty, Pacific delegates remain steadfast in their resolve to have a key regional aspiration on the sustainable production of primary plastic polymer to be included in the treaty text. The negotiations to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution,...

Fiji's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka and Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy MP met in Nadi on Tuesday, where they reaffirmed their two Governments’ commitment to further advance the bilateral relationship between Fiji and Australia, through their renewed and elevated Vuvale Partnership. During the meeting Prime Minister Rabuka and Minister Conroy...

The Albanese government expects China will remain undeterred from trying to duchess Pacific political leaders despite the pro-Beijing Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare relinquishing his grip on power. Canberra is privately relieved Sogavare has been ousted as prime minister and believes his designated successor, Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele, is not overtly anti-Australian if he prevails to become PM. However,Sogavare will...

Fiji's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka and the Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, and Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) on Port infrastructure and Services and Cyber Security Cooperation. The MOUs were signed by the two Governments through our Vuvale Partnership. The Memorandum of Understanding on Port Infrastructure and...

The Pacific Regional Non-Governmental Organisations (PRNGOs) Alliance reaffirm its solidarity with the indigenous peoples of Kanaky New Caledonia to expose ongoing efforts by the French Government to deny their right to self-determination and derail a decolonisation process painstakingly pursued in this Pacific Island territory for the last 30 years. France, especially under the Macron Government, as the colonial power administering...

ACT Brumbies back-rower Rob Valetini is relishing the chance to line up against his older brother Kemu for the first time, even if it means losing support from the family faithful. The bruised Brumbies are already expecting a physical encounter when they host the Fijian Drua on Saturday night, and the prospect of sibling rivalry will sprinkle in a little...

The target of winning away games must start in Canberra, Australia this weekend in round 11 of the Super Rugby Pacific. Swire Shipping Fijian Drua head coach Mick Byrne and his men start their preparation for two oncoming away games, starting with the Brumbies on Saturday in cold Canberra. The Drua’s playoff’s dream is still alive and getting the desired results...

Papua New Guineans have a chance to be recruited to join the Australian military, said Prime Minister James Marape. Returning to Port Moresby from the Kokoda Track, Northern Province, with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, Marape appeared in good spirits as he spoke on the walk he and Albanese completed. He said the walk was a good opportunity to discuss the...

The Guam National Guard will help Palau prepare for and respond to future disasters, with both governments announcing a newly signed state partnership Monday. The U.S has been making efforts to strengthen security ties with Palau and other strategically important nations across Micronesia amid Chinese efforts to influence the region and tensions over Taiwan. “We are stronger together is what I...

Today at INC4 over two dozen countries have signed on to the Bridge to Busan Declaration. Launched at the Plastics Treaty negotiations, it invigorates the call for sustainable production levels of primary plastic polymers. Now open for countries and stakeholders to sign up, the Bridge to Busan Declaration amplifies their concern about the many harms of plastic pollution to human...