Vanuatu open to signing deal with Australia but will not be…

Vanuatu remains open to signing a wide-ranging deal with Australia but must assert its sovereignty and will not be subject to pressure or “bullying” from larger countries, the country’s internal affairs minister, Andrew Napuat, said. Australia...

Vanuatu open to signing deal with Australia but will not be subject to ‘bullying’ from larger countries

Vanuatu remains open to signing a wide-ranging deal with Australia but must assert its sovereignty and will not be subject to pressure or “bullying” from larger countries, the country’s internal affairs minister, Andrew Napuat, said. Australia...

PNG and Vanuatu deals show Australia’s growing contest with China

Events around this year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) have shown how Australia and China are competing to win influence over the region, as the risk of war grows. Solomon Islands, the host of this year’s PIF, received more than $18 million in...

Fiji PM Rabuka outlines key outcomes from International engagements in ministerial…

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Wednesday told Parliament that Fiji’s recent international engagements are producing tangible results for healthcare, climate resilience, regional cooperation, and global diplomacy. Delivering a ministerial...

Vanuatu MP urges French President Macron to return Matthew and Hunter

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit will only be useful to Vanuatu if he accepts for France to return our two islands — Matthew and Hunter, says Johnny Koanapo, Vanuatu Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanna, Tafea Province. The French President...

PM Rabuka updates Parliament on the development cooperation agreement between Fiji and Vanuatu

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Monday updated Parliament about the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Development Cooperation between Fiji and Vanuatu, which was signed by him and the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Jotham Napat, on 10...

Pacific Islands Youth Group Wins Prize For Climate Legal Action

Stockholm, Sweden--A youth-led student group and a human-rights lawyer that took the issue of climate to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) received the Right Livelihood prize on Wednesday, dubbed an "alternative Nobel". The prize also...

Ecocide Law Expands But War Crimes Go Unchecked

“This research shows that even if ecocide were to be recognised as a new international or domestic crime, existing international frameworks may still shield wartime perpetrators from accountability.” The research calls for ongoing attention to the...

Live: Albanese condemns 'heinous' Manchester synagogue attack

25m agoThu 2 Oct 2025 at 10:34pm Anne Ruston backs demand-driven aged care package system Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston has backed implementing a demand-driven aged care package system. A Greens-chaired parliamentary inquiry recommended the...

Vanuatu Tells Australia to Respect Its Pending Policing Agreement With Beijing

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles (L) and Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (C) at a press conference on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, on Aug. 13, 2025, in a still from video. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade via...

Coalition's Sydney metro election promise amid possible $2bn blowout

NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says the Coalition will build new metros if elected, making it a key plank of the Liberal Party's election platform. While Mr Speakman has previously flagged the opposition's "ambition" to expand Sydney's metro...

PM Manele urges urgent climate action at UNGA

BY MORRIS NAFU Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele speaking at United Nations General Assembly last week, sounded the alarm on climate change as an unrelenting danger hammering the Pacific region. In his address Manele painted the crisis as a...

PM must come clean on odious detail in his cheerleading trip for UK Labour

Anthony Albanese is supposed to be in the UK as Australia’s Prime Minister, not as a left-wing cheerleader. Yet instead of representing our country’s interests, he chose to swan around the UK Labour Party conference, all on the taxpayer’s dollar....

Pacific news in brief for 3 October

Bougainville commemorated the 24th Anniversary of the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA) on 30 August 2025. The BPA is a historic accord signed between the people of Bougainville and the Papua New Guinea government 2001. Photo: Autonomous...

New Zealand beats Vanuatu,  takes second place

THE second Pacific Islands Ocean Conference (PIOC) opened yesterday at the Heritage Park Hotel, drawing traditional knowledge holders, scientists, and ocean professionals from across the region. Delegates filled the venue to discuss the future of...

Field Marshal Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank obituary

Charles Guthrie, Field Marshal Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, who has died aged 86, was head of the British army then chief of the general staff during some of the most turbulent times of Britain’s modern armed forces in the early years of the Tony...

USD 28 million water project to increase water security for 215,000 people in Vanuatu

Vanuatu has launched a USD 28 million project with global partners to secure safe, climate-resilient water for most of its population. Across Vanuatu, many families cannot count on safe water every day. Springs dry up in long droughts, wells are...

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Calls for Moratorium on Seabed Mining

PM Browne Calls for Moratorium on Seabed Mining UNITED NATIONS — Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Friday called for a halt to seabed mining until science can prove it will not cause serious harm, urging world leaders to...

Vanuatu minister tells Australia to respect China policing deal, rebukes Pat Conroy

Vanuatu’s internal affairs minister says Australia needs to respect his country’s plan to sign a new policing agreement with China, and has taken a swipe at Pacific Minister Pat Conroy as controversy over the proposal rumbles along. Andrew Napuat...

Vanuatu minister tells Australia to respect China policing deal

Vanuatu's internal affairs minister says Australia needs to respect his country's plan to sign a new policing agreement with China, and has taken a swipe at Pacific Minister Pat Conroy as controversy over the proposal rumbles along. Andrew Napuat...