Does foreign aid stand a chance in the Chalmers Budget? Editors' Picks There is no doubt Labor is sympathetic to the concept of foreign aid. But will this translate to dollars in the Budget?
Navy raises flag on Pacific cyclone relief ship Reliant September 6, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Defence The Navy activating a specialist deep-water relief and logistics vessel for deployment to the region ahead of the annual cyclone season.
Premium Insights and analysis For Frank Bainimarama, it’s first Fiji, then the world May 26, 2022 By Grant Wyeth and Larissa Stunkel Editors' Picks Fiji’s new prime minister Frank Bainimarama, now head of a tiny group of Pacific islands, has become an international power player.
Foreign minister opens Australia’s new embassy in Palau December 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal Marise Payne travels to Palau to open a new Australian embassy and discuss the Pacific Step-up program.
The Pacific Step-up impositions on Norfolk Island mandate mutual respect July 26, 2021 By Chris Nobbs Defence The federal government’s failing of Indigenous Australians and Norfolk Islanders risks undermining Australia’s Pacific Step-up policy.
Australia opens diplomatic missions in Marshall Islands, French Polynesia May 5, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia now has the largest diplomatic network in the region of any country, with the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia establishment brining Australia’s diplomatic network in the Pacific to 19 missions.
Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows February 11, 2020 By Leanne Smith Editors' Picks New research shows people in three of Australia’s closest Pacific neighbours — the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu — are concerned Australia does not know how to engage successfully as part of the Pacific community.
