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2 weeks ago

Pacific Islands wait for Trump, wary of climate and China stance

Pacific island nations at the centre of a strategic rivalry between the U.S. and China that brought infrastructure and funding hope President-elect Donald Trump stays engaged in the region but are wary of competition spilling into confrontation, diplomats say. Papua New Guinea will continue to trade with China, even as U.S. military ties increase, he also told a resources conference …

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1 month ago

Australian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea

The Diplomat

The 2024 Olympics in Paris demonstrated the continuing importance of sports events as an aspect of public diplomacy and soft power. As former Prime Minister John Howard noted, Australia has a self-appointed “substantial and special responsibility” toward the Pacific island states. The abandonment of the White Australia policy and the decolonization process throughout the Pacific led Australia to reposition itself …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Australia's Pasifika shops are creating much-needed income, and connecting Pacific migrants to home

ABC

The journey is long for Pacific Islander goods reaching Australia — taking a route involving chartered flights, river crossings, and multi-day hikes. "People have food on the table, kids go to school, school fees are being paid," said Nancy Waffi, owner of Island Friends, a shop in Townsville. Australia, for the first three years … I saw that the culture …

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5 months ago

Solomon Islands’ New Government: A Chance to Reset Australia’s Pacific Diplomacy

The Diplomat

The meeting between Solomon Islands’ new Prime Minister Jeremiah Manale and Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles in Honiara on May 21 suggested that the change in leadership in the island nation may have given the two governments an opportunity to reset their relationship. On this front, Marles' trip to Solomon Islands seemed to show that Canberra’s ties with the …

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6 months ago

Australia boosting aid to Papua New Guinea for landslide recovery and security

Associated Press

NEWCASTLE, Australia — Australia will provide a further 2 million Australian dollars to support reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea after last month’s deadly landslide, the government said Thursday. “Road access is critical for essential services as well as food and fuel supply chains,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement that coincided with a visit to the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Five men in custody in Torres Strait after being caught crossing illegally into Australia

ABC

In short: Five men are in custody on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait after being caught crossing illegally into Australia on a dinghy. Five men are in custody on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait after being caught crossing illegally into Australia on a dinghy. The men — reportedly from the West African nation of Senegal — are in …

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8 months ago

Papua New Guinea leader takes offense after Biden implies his uncle was eaten by cannibals

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by “cannibals” there during World War II. “They never found the body because there used to be — there were a lot of cannibals for real in that …

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8 months ago

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits PNG, saying Pacific nations aren't 'the backyard' of other countries

ABC

In short: Wang Yi says he wants to support "non-interference" in Pacific countries' domestic affairs. China's top diplomat Wang Yi has taken a swipe at the geo-political jostling for influence in the Pacific, saying Pacific Island countries aren't "the backyard of any major country". In a press conference following the bilateral meeting, where no questions were allowed, Mr Wang urged …

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11 months ago

America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states

Hindustan Times

THERE ARE two ways of looking at the security pact that Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, signed with the prime minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, on May 22nd. In that contest, America had, by its own reckoning, previously neglected the role of Pacific island states, of which PNG, a diverse land with 10m people, is by far …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The Australian government says a secret funding deal took care of the bill for Manus Island refugees, but some in PNG disagree

ABC

A humanitarian program in Papua New Guinea looking after former detainees of Manus Island is in crisis, with the potential to see about 60 refugees and asylum seekers without a home as soon as Thursday. Australia's Home Affairs department said it paid a substantial sum to PNG to take over “full and independent management” of the living arrangements under a …

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1 year, 2 months ago

More than 60 refugees fear eviction as PNG and Australia disagree over 'outstanding invoices'

ABC

Shah Nawaz Hussain was just 19 when he fled his home in Pakistan to Indonesia, to board a boat destined for Christmas Island. He could have had no idea that what would follow would be a decade of living in Papua New Guinea, including years of detention on Manus Island under Australia's "PNG Solution". PNG's top migration official claims the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Why are world leaders racing to the Pacific Islands?

Al Jazeera

It’s not just the US and China. China’s recently reappointed Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited in June 2022, at the end of a trip to eight Pacific Island nations, while the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed this May. A decades-long conflict between Indonesia’s military and separatist rebels in Papua, a province that borders Papua New Guinea, has …

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1 year, 5 months ago

End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?

The Diplomat

The Australian government was expected to begin the process of removing all remaining asylum seekers from the island of Nauru by the end of June, more than a decade after the offshore processing on the tiny Pacific Island was restarted. As Human Rights Watch noted, “few other countries go to such lengths to deliberately inflict suffering on people seeking safety …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia

Al Jazeera

While offshore detention policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG. The last refugee held on the Pacific island of Nauru under Australia’s notorious offshore detention policy has been evacuated to Australia, according to refugee advocacy groups. One chapter of misery is over.” Australia resumed sending refugees to Nauru in 2013 …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Papua New Guinea, US sign defence and maritime pact

Al Jazeera

Blinken says defence and maritime surveillance pact was signed by both countries ‘as equals and sovereign partners’. The United States has signed a defence and maritime surveillance agreement with Papua New Guinea during a visit by the top US diplomat as Washington aims to counter China’s influence in the Pacific region. “The defence cooperation was drafted by the United States …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Why PM Modi’s Papua New Guinea Visit Next Week Is More Crucial Than His Japan, Australia Trips

ABP News

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Papua New Guinea next week is going to be more crucial than his visits to Japan and Australia as New Delhi is worried over the island nation’s growing proximity with China which poses a potential security threat to the entire region and the Indo-Pacific strategic framework, ABPLive has learnt. Before embarking on …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Refugees on Australian detention island sew lips shut in protest

Al Jazeera

Mohammad Shofiqul Islam and Mohammad Kaium have been held on Nauru for nearly a decade after trying to get to Australia by boat. Please help us to get our freedom.” Justifying cruelty Even as Shofiqul Islam and Kaium protest for their freedom and that of other refugees, the Australian government recently signed off on legislation giving it the legal power …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific

Al Jazeera

Disease surveillance by the WHO shows mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever are rising sharply. To prevent this from happening, we need to invest in new strategies to control the mosquito and to treat or prevent infections in humans,” Burkot, who is leading an international partnership between Pacific Island countries and health and research institutions to find new …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Can Papua New Guinea women's team make history and be the first pacific island nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup?

ABC

Former Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle might have plunged New Zealand into a state of national emergency but the resilient Papua New Guinea women's football team were out there training for a historic match the next morning as they made their final preparations to face Panama in their FIFA World Cup qualifier this weekend. Prior has learnt from the players some of …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Traditional travel between Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea villages resumes after two-and-a-half years

ABC

Free movement between Australia's northernmost islands and coastal villages in Papua New Guinea has resumed after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. Key points: Traditional cultural travel under the Torres Strait Treaty was suspended in March 2020 Inhabitants of the Torres Strait and coastal PNG villages have agreed to its resumption Health authorities say island communities are highly vaccinated and medical services are …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Bougainville starts process to reopen controversial Panguna mine

Al Jazeera

Officials say the facility will provide crucial income despite triggering a war and poisoning the environment before it was forced to close. The controversial Panguna mine, which lay derelict for more than 30 years following the eruption of a civil war on the remote islands of Bougainville – now an autonomous region of about 300,000 people in eastern Papua New …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Breastmilk 'saves lives' — so why are fewer working Pasifika women nursing their babies?

ABC

For generations, Pacific Island women sat cross-legged on the floor and fed their babies on demand. Key points: Breastfeeding rates are falling across the Pacific region Inadequate lactation facilities, work pressure and unpaid maternity leave are contributing to the decline, PNG mothers say Physician Mangu Kendino says women should feel proud of their efforts to continue breastfeeding When they faced …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Beyond the Park Hotel: Australia’s immigration detention network

Al Jazeera

As Djokovic attention fades, refugees held in indefinite detention because they arrived by boat wonder whether they will ever be released. They got my phone, my money.” The “most immediate” reason for the danger refugees find themselves in on PNG, says Ian Rintoul, a spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition in Australia is that “the refugees actually stand out… and …

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3 years, 1 month ago

In remote Pacific islands, businesses look local to survive COVID

Al Jazeera

Pacific island nations saw their economies shrink an estimated 5.8 percent in 2020 amid a collapse in tourism. “All the business come back when the borders are open.” Businesses in Vanuatu, like those in other remote Pacific island nations that heavily rely on visitors, will be dealing with adversity for some time yet. Vanuatu and fellow Pacific Island nations Papua …

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Pacific Islands wait for Trump, wary of climate and China stance

Australian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea

Australia's Pasifika shops are creating much-needed income, and connecting Pacific migrants to home

Solomon Islands’ New Government: A Chance to Reset Australia’s Pacific Diplomacy

Australia boosting aid to Papua New Guinea for landslide recovery and security

Five men in custody in Torres Strait after being caught crossing illegally into Australia

Papua New Guinea leader takes offense after Biden implies his uncle was eaten by cannibals

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits PNG, saying Pacific nations aren't 'the backyard' of other countries

America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states

The Australian government says a secret funding deal took care of the bill for Manus Island refugees, but some in PNG disagree

More than 60 refugees fear eviction as PNG and Australia disagree over 'outstanding invoices'

Why are world leaders racing to the Pacific Islands?

End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?

Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia

Papua New Guinea, US sign defence and maritime pact

Why PM Modi’s Papua New Guinea Visit Next Week Is More Crucial Than His Japan, Australia Trips

Refugees on Australian detention island sew lips shut in protest

Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific

Can Papua New Guinea women's team make history and be the first pacific island nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup?

Traditional travel between Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea villages resumes after two-and-a-half years

Bougainville starts process to reopen controversial Panguna mine

Breastmilk 'saves lives' — so why are fewer working Pasifika women nursing their babies?

Beyond the Park Hotel: Australia’s immigration detention network

In remote Pacific islands, businesses look local to survive COVID