Australian voters deliver strong message on climate, ending conservative government’s 9-year rule, Anthony Albanese is new PM
Australian voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to the centrer-right government, ending nine years of conservative rule, in favor of the centre-left opposition that...
National Security Committee rejected Payne’s proposal to double funding in the Pacific to reduce China influence
A proposal to double funding in the Pacific to reduce the Chinese infiltration in the region was knocked back by the Cabinet's National Security...
Former Fiji Opposition MP Nawaikula sentenced to two years in jail
Former Fiji Opposition MP Niko Nawaikula will spend two years behind bars.
The matter was called for sentencing in the Anti-Corruption Division of the High...
Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child congratulate Kiribati for raising the age of marriage to 18
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Kiribati, with Committee...
PNG Opposition leader’s application to stop Parliament’s decision of adding seven new electorates dismissed
Papua New Guinea Judge Derek Hartshorn says a one-man Supreme Court bench does not have the power to stop an act of Parliament that...
U.S to boost Pacific spending to counter China, but no ‘real number’ yet
The U.S has announced it will boost military spending in the Pacific to counter China.
The White House’s Indo-Pacific Strategy announcement didn’t include any money...
Government can’t stop us from winning: Fiji Opposition
National Federation Party leader Biman Prasad says the Fijian government won’t be able to stop them and the People’s Alliance from winning this year’s...
PNG Guns amnesty ends: Police Commissioner
Papua New Guinea Police Commissioner David Manning says anyone found to be in possession of an unlicensed and homemade firearm will be arrested and...
Tuvalu athletes for Birmingham 2022 train on airport runway
Tuvalu's athletes have been training in an unusual place to prepare for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - the country's international airport.
Space in the...
Pacific Nations Cup to include Australia A side in July
Fiji will host the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2022, which also features Australia A, Samoa and Tonga,, from 02-16 July with matches taking...
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Strategic competition in Pacific here to stay, Australian Minister says
Australian Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy says strategic competition with China in the Pacific is a permanent...
Cook Islands General Election set for 12 August
The Cook Islands 2026 General Election will be held on Wednesday, August 12, the King’s Representative, Sir Tom Marsters, announced this morning.
In a radio...
Fiji PM says next election due between 24 December and early February 2027
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says Fiji’s next general election is expected to be held between 24 December 2026, and the first week of February...