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Australia and Nauru strike landmark deal
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Australia and Nauru strike landmark deal

ABC  

Samantha Donovan: Australia and Nauru have struck a landmark deal, which will see Canberra funnel about $140 million in budget and security support to the Pacific Island nation. So, that's money for things like assistance in policing, helping Nauru to set up a new national security advisor position and to bolster its security more broadly. Both Australia and Nauru have …

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Nauru gives Australia a veto right over a range of pacts with other nations including China
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Nauru gives Australia a veto right over a range of pacts with other nations including China

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru on Monday that gives Australia a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter with third countries including China. Australia offered 140 million Australian dollars over five years to the remote nation’s population of 12,000 under the treaty to be implemented next year, …

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Australia and Tuvalu strike new security deal that eases the tiny nation’s sovereignty concerns
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia and Tuvalu strike new security deal that eases the tiny nation’s sovereignty concerns

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia struck a new security deal with Tuvalu on Thursday after critics complained that a previous pact created an Australian veto power over any other agreement the tiny South Pacific island nation pursued with a third country, such as China. Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong committed to a new memorandum of …

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King tides cause new levels of devastation in Tuvalu, as nation weighs up Falepili Union treaty
8 months, 2 weeks ago

King tides cause new levels of devastation in Tuvalu, as nation weighs up Falepili Union treaty

ABC  

Angela Telupe watched her backyard flood as a king tide tightened its grip on the main island of Tuvalu. Mark Howden, an Australian National University climatologist and a vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says sea level rises could affect low-lying island nations such as Tuvalu by eroding and redepositing land. "But what does happen is as the …

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Tuvalu’s new government commits to continued diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of Beijing
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Tuvalu’s new government commits to continued diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of Beijing

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Tuvalu’s new government on Wednesday committed the tiny South Pacific island nation to continued diplomatic ties with Taiwan instead of switching to Beijing, but said it plans to renegotiate a security pact recently struck with Australia in response to China’s growing regional influence. Some candidates proposed scrapping a treaty, yet to be ratified, that would give Australia …

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Why is everyone watching the Tuvalu elections? How will it affect China-Pacific relations?
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is everyone watching the Tuvalu elections? How will it affect China-Pacific relations?

Firstpost  

Elections in a small Pacific Island nation rarely make the headlines. A big part of the international attention is linked to the increasing importance of China in the region, and Tuvalu’s diplomatic ties to the government of Taiwan. Tuvalu’s low-lying atolls make it particularly vulnerable to global warming, and there are worries that rising sea levels and strengthening storms will …

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Voting begins in tiny Tuvalu in election that reverberates from China to Australia
11 months ago

Voting begins in tiny Tuvalu in election that reverberates from China to Australia

NPR  

Voting begins in tiny Tuvalu in election that reverberates from China to Australia Enlarge this image toggle caption Alastair Grant/AP Alastair Grant/AP SYDNEY — Voting started Friday in the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, in a national election that could reverberate from China to Australia. Finance Minister Seve Paeniu is challenging him, and opposition leader Enele Sopoaga is hoping …

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