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Australian soldiers enter Tonga to help with disaster recovery

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Australian soldiers have hit the ground in Tonga to help the country recover from a devastating volcano and tsunami after the country’s largest warship recovered from a power outage that had it stranded on the shores of the Pacific nation. At the request of the Tongan government, an advance team of 30 Australian personnel hopped off HMAS Adelaide on Friday...

Musk’s SpaceX working to restore Tonga’s internet – Fiji official

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Elon Musk's satellite internet venture is helping to restore connectivity to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, according to an official in Fiji where the work is underway. Tonga's sole optic-fibre link to the internet and the rest of the world was severed by a volcanic eruption on Jan. 15 and only limited connectivity has been possible since. read more “A...

Australia to reopen international border on 21 February

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Australia will open its border for fully vaccinated tourists and all visa holders, a decision branded “bittersweet” by those who have missed funerals in recent weeks due to ongoing restrictions. Scott Morrison on Monday announced the nation would open to all fully vaccinated visa holders, including tourists, on 21 February, almost two years after borders were first closed. The borders have...

Macron gets New Caledonia backing for election

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Three of New Caledonia's four members of the French legislature have jointly declared support for Emmanuel Macron in this year's presidential election. The three politicians of the anti-independence Caledonia Together party - Philippe Gomes, Gerard Poadja and Philippe Dunoyer - issued a joint statement, even though Macron is yet to formally register a re-election bid. In the 2017 election, voters in...

ADB provides $5 million grant to Solomon Islands response to the Impacts of COVID-19

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Monday announced the release of a US$5 million (SBD$40.3 million) grant from its Pacific Disaster Resilience Programme (Phase 3) to help finance the Government of Solomon Islands’ response to community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Solomon Islands experienced a sharp increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases and recorded its first COVID-19-related death since an imported...

The social benefits of seasonal worker programmes

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By offering more effective training opportunities through its Seasonal Worker Programme, the Australian Government can contribute to the lives of workers and their home communities and better realise its development goals, Rochelle Lee-Bailey and Elise Howard write. Seasonal workers from Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste are an integral part of the agricultural labour force in Australia and New Zealand. Workers...

Scrum safety fears drive Super Rugby Pacific rethink as Covid-19 hits Reds

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Australian and New Zealand rugby officials are mulling a rule change to allow Super Rugby games to start with uncontested scrums in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak this season. As the Queensland Reds reel from a viral cluster that has felled five of their biggest names just 10 days out from the start of the season, competition administrators are...

Pacific athletes celebrate female surfing tournament

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Pacific athletes are celebrating a female surfing championship that took place in Hawaii over the weekend, an event that has been generations in the making. The annual Pipe Masters has been running for more than 50 years and is known for its huge waves that form large, tube-like tunnels that surfers can ride through. Local wildcard Moana Jones Wong won the...

Blinken Pacific trip aims to reaffirm U.S focus on Asia

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U. S Secretary of State Antony Blinken will aim with a trip to the Pacific this week to remind the world that Washington's strategic long-term focus remains with the Asia-Pacific region despite an escalating crisis with Russia over Ukraine. Blinken is due to depart on Monday for Australia, Fiji and Hawaii for meetings with key allies and to reaffirm a...

Solomon Islanders warned worse to come as Covid soars

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says he has been informed that one in two residents in Honiara are infected with the COVID-19 virus. That means close to 50,000 people living in Honiara are now infected with the virus. The Prime Minister made the startling revelation during his nationwide address on the national broadcaster, SIBC. He said the situation in Honiara is...

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