The environment minister has fought back at criticisms that very few world leaders will attend the pre-COP meeting in the Pacific.
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With Australian and New Zealand demand for cocaine as strong as it is, it’s hard to know how much $600 million will do to stop the flow of drugs.
This week’s Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji is a response to a highly complex regional crisis, not one that stops at the island nation’s border.
Africa still needs millions of better-paying jobs and higher productivity to reduce poverty. What has changed is the route to achieving those goals.
All nuclear powers test missiles. Why do China’s tests provoke such a fierce response?
Small Pacific nations run on diesel, and the Middle East crisis is driving some to the brink. What can be done in the short and medium term?
Beyond New Zealand, no other country is as embedded as Australia in the national and regional institutions of Pacific Islands countries.
The results reveal new patterns in how Pacific societies shaped their built environment after European contact.
NZ appears to be widening its defence and surveillance capabilities across the region, raising questions about strategic alignment, transparency and independence.
At its best, the scheme changes lives – like an abattoir worker using savings to supply clean drinking water to his Vanuatu village. But exploitation remains rife.
Proposed seabed mining for battery minerals could collide with tuna fisheries, fragile ecosystems and Pacific sovereignty.
Australia still has an opportunity to build its credibility on climate action. But it will also need to elevate Pacific-led perspectives and priorities.
After months of talks, the host of COP31 will be Turkey, but the Australian environment minister will be the conference’s President of Negotiations.
As the Pacific Cup finals play out this weekend, the Pasifika influence on rugby league – on and off the field – has big implications for the trans-Tasman game.
President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can’t see a coherent strategy or objective.
From 19th century British navy to US destroyers in the Caribbean, diplomacy at seas has been accompanied by military might.
With a new accord shaky, the situation in New Caledonia is loaded with insecurity and fear.
Scientists have been exploring the role that neuroscience plays in ocean navigation.
China’s carefully staged display of unity with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un at a parade marking China’s victory over Japan in WWII projected strength abroad, but it also risks unintended consequences.
The new treaty will recognise PNG as a nation that makes its own strategic decisions, and ensure Australia is a partner that shows up and stays the course.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of International Security, Adelaide University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Founding Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor, Journalism, RMIT University
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Director, Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University