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Election 2022: Government hits back at Labor’s Pacific comments

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Foreign affairs minister Marise Payne has come out swinging in defence of the federal government’s outreach in the Pacific region.

Foreign minister opens Australia’s new embassy in Palau

By Melissa Coade

Federal

Marise Payne travels to Palau to open a new Australian embassy and discuss the Pacific Step-up program.

PIF representative reflects on painful legacy of nuclear testing, calls for disarmament

By Melissa Coade

Energy & Environment

Dr Satyendra Prasad expressed concern about the more than 13,000 nuclear weapons around the world, many remaining in a state of ‘high operational alert’.

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Pacific Step-Up should include a welcome mat to COAG for our island neighbours

By David Morris

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Its best intentions notwithstanding, the Pacific Step-Up measures are flawed because of the problems in the Australian government’s relationships with the Pacific. Inviting the neighbours to participate in COAG would be a start to a better and proper relationship, writes David Morris.

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Election 2022: Government hits back at Labor’s Pacific comments

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Foreign minister opens Australia’s new embassy in Palau

PIF representative reflects on painful legacy of nuclear testing, calls for disarmament

Pacific Step-Up should include a welcome mat to COAG for our island neighbours