The author of a major new essay collection reflects on the shifting cultural and political realities in the Pacific, and why it remains an ‘unequal ocean’.
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It’s important to understand that a First Nations consultative body such as the Customary Senate doesn’t pose a ‘threat’ to democracy or the rule of law.
Officially, sovereignty has been put to bed with three straight independence referendum defeats. But France is continuing to devolve powers to its territory in an ambitious power-sharing experiment.
French President Emmanuel Macron is hailing the independence referendum as a victory for France. But many in the region see it differently.
Pro-independence parties had sought a delay for the third and final referendum due to the impact of the pandemic on the Indigenous Kanak population. It was denied.
‘Wives’, volunteers, assistants: the vital contribution of women archaeologists has long been underplayed, if not erased. A new project uncovers trailblazers in the Pacific.
During mating season, a male turtle-headed sea snake will often lose sight of the female before mating can happen. The female may be metres away, but the male won’t ever find her again.
With unrest deepening between pro-independence and loyalist groups, the instability in the French province should be of concern to its near neighbours, including Australia.
A similar 2018 referendum failed, but was much closer than anticipated. Some believe independence might pass this time around, particularly with the issue not high on France’s list of priorities.
Thirty years after deadly protests erupted in Australia’s close neighbour, New Caledonians head to the polls again to vote on whether to remain a part of France.
Indigenous New Caledonians, who will vote in an independence referendum next week, have been struggling since French colonisation in 1853. Through songs, they have chronicled past traumas and resistance heroes.
The theory that New Caledonia was a piece of land that separated from the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana was a seductive one. But then a cockroach rose up to challenge it.
Melanesia’s oceans are worth at least US$5.4 billion, but are under increasing threat.
Rising sea levels caused by global warming are putting island habitats that hold 20% of the world’s biodiversity at risk…
Allegations of sorcery-related abuse in Papua New Guinea have had increased prominence in recent days. They involve the alleged torture of six women and one man with hot irons as part of an Easter “sacrifice…
There’s no doubt that French President Nicolas Sarkozy needs the votes of the far right in the second round run off of the French elections this weekend. In the first round, right wing Front National candidate…
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Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies, Australian National University
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Professor, Environmental Studies & Convenor, Melbourne Climate Futures Academy, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Academic in Journalism, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, University of Wollongong
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Founding Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology
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Healthy Oceans Program Manager, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
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Directeur de recherche CNRS, systématicien, directeur de l’Institut de systématique, évolution, biodiversité (ISYEB), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Lecturer in music education and ethnomusicology, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroecology, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, Griffith University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Archaeology, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Foundation Prospect Fellow, The University of Western Australia
