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Hartwell Champagne: Police prepare report for coroner after US sailor’s Ocean Rambler boat washes up in Queensland
Hope has all but faded for a missing American sailor whose sailboat was found mysteriously abandoned on the Australian coastline, with a report being prepared for the coroner. This Friday — October 10 — will mark one month since loved ones last...
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Hartwell Champagne: Police prepare report for coroner after US sailor’s Ocean Rambler boat washes up in Queensland
Hope has all but faded for a missing American sailor whose sailboat was found mysteriously abandoned on the Australian coastline, with a report being prepared for the coroner. This Friday — October 10 — will mark one month since loved ones last...
Owner: Kerry Stokes
World Associated Press Australia and Papua New Guinea sign historic defense treaty that raised China's concern
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Yahoo News
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinea counterpart James...
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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...
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Australia and Papua New Guinea sign historic defense treaty that raised China's concern
MELBOURNE, Australia — The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinea counterpart James...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Pacific news in brief for 6 October
Fijain Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele in Suva. June 2025 Photo: Facebook / Fiji Government Fiji/Solomon Islands - defence A newly signed defence agreement between the governments of Fiji and...
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Pacific officials criticise New Zealand's weaker methane targets
The New Zealand government announced on 12 October that it would be cutting biogenic methane reduction targets to 14-24 percent below 2017 levels by 2050. Photo: Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life Pacific climate leaders have expressed disappointed...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Village Rhapsody: Zimbabwe’s urgent call for climate justice and health equity
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The Standard
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The climate crisis, at its core, is also a justice crisis. Climate change is not an abstract concept for Zimbabwe—it is an unfolding daily reality. Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, unpredictable rainfall and recurring floods are eroding...
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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...
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FCOSS calls for empathy and action after PM’s PALM comments
The Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) has expressed concern over recent comments made by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, in which he described some Fijian seasonal workers in Australia as an “embarrassment.” In a statement released today,...
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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...
Owner: Australian Government
Hunt for 'aggressive, dangerous men' who slipped Sydney police operation
A police operation involving tactical officers and hostage negotiators was sparked by a report of an armed group entering a home in Sydney's south-west. The operation began on Friday morning after officers from the Bankstown Area Command and...
Owner: Australian Government
United Nations Ocean Conference 2025: Next Steps for the Pacific
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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Delegates from across the Pacific stressed that while recent international achievements — such as the ratification of the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ), record pledges for the blue economy, and an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice...
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The ICJ climate ruling has major implications for the loss and damage fund
Next week’s seventh meeting of the board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) in Manila presents a critical moment for a course correction. The fund’s establishment in 2022 was hailed by climate justice advocates. However, three...
Owner: James William Ramsay
Saint Lucia’s Senior Dental Surgeon Participates In Oral Health Pacific Islands Association (OPIA) Conference In Vanuatu, Fiji
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – Saint Lucia is making strides towards networking and developing innovative approaches to improve oral health outcomes in country, following the participation of Senior Dental Surgeon, Dr. Sherry Ephraim-Le Compte at...
Owner: Kenneth Williams
Vanuatu’s Climate Minister: “We Are Already Past Adaptation”
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Forbes
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Hon. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Climate Change, Vanuatu Press Team of Hon. Ralph Regenvanu During Climate Week in New York in 2025, I sat down with Minister Ralph Regenvanu of Vanuatu. We spoke about the significance of the recent advisory...
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The Pacific Tourism Organisation Hosts Two-Week Research Training for PNGTPA to Strengthen Tourism Data Capacity
From 16 to 30 September 2025, the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) hosted a two-week research training program for the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority (PNGTPA), aimed at strengthening PNGTPA’s capacity to manage and deliver...
Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil fuel industry influence
Vanuatu is working on securing a UN vote to turn a landmark ruling on the climate crisis by the international court of justice (ICJ) into concrete political action that will fight the influence of the fossil fuel industry and protect the globe...
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International Court Advisory Opinions on Climate Obligations Seek New Era of Legal Accountability
[co-author: Semhal Gebrekirstos] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently delivered a landmark advisory opinion clarifying the legal obligations of States under international law to address climate change. The opinion was published on...
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