The crisis is a chance to change the Pacific Step-up from something Australia does “to” or “for” the region to something it does “with” it.
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Tourism is vital to NZ and small economies in the Pacific. But as the Samoa Tourism Authority’s CEO says, “we can always get money back, but once there’s a loss of life you’ll never have that back”.
New Zealanders should expect new border entry restrictions to stay in place for some time, but the measures are important to control the spread of coronavirus in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Fishers who hunt wild tuna use fish’s natural attraction to floating objects to lure them to known positions near GPS-equipped rafts. However, these rafts are attracting increasing concern.
New research casts light on the pre-colonial mountain settlements in Fiji.
Australia ensured its official communique watered down commitments to respond to climate change, gaining a hollow victory.
Cuba is offering a compelling example of how we can take care of each other during the climate crisis with its work training doctors on Kiribati, a nation that is being devastated by climate change.
Pacific countries are eager for assistance in securing their future, whether sourced from old friends like the US and Australia, or new enthusiasts like the Chinese.
Torres Strait Islanders argue the government has violated their rights to culture, family and life.
The entire Cocos (Keeling) Island group is a little more than twice the size of the Melbourne CBD. So it’s hard to envision 414 million debris items washed up there.
Pacific island nations are often framed as remote atolls facing rising seas and cyclones. But their cities are growing fast, so are efforts to help the most climate-vulnerable people hitting the mark?
Deep sea mining could supply valuable rare minerals to green technology, but one project in the south-west Pacific is invoking the wrath of local spirits.
The strength of Australian aid is that it has been fully grant-based. Offering Pacific nations debt-based development financing instead is no way to win friends.
To be a good neighbour Australia should invest in a sustainable temporary labour migration scheme for Pacific nations.
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.
Australian aid to the Pacific has been criticised for not focusing enough on infrastructure. But rising Chinese influence is bringing a shift of priorities.
Nauru is best known as a site of Australian offshore asylum detention. But everyone on the island - not just refugees - is struggling with the issue of environmental change that threatens their lives and homes.
At a time when the future of many Pacific islands is under threat, a little compassion is in order, not barbs at their expense.
Huge loans to poor island nations leave them vulnerable to becoming vassal states for China’s strategic interests.
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Geography and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University
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Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide
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Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Reader of Law, Newcastle University
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, Griffith University
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Director, Master of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
