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Pacific Labour Mobility summit draws 350 delegates, highlights resilience and regional partnerships

This year’s Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM), held under the banner “Collectively Building Resilience”, took place in Brisbane from 11 to 14 November 2024.

PNG set to tackle NRL, strengthening sports diplomacy with Australia

This initiative will foster pathways for boys and girls, and women and men, to play rugby league while promoting gender equality, youth leadership, health, and education outcomes.

Pacific policing gets a boost with state-of-the-art training hubs in Queensland

The event featured a symbolic flag-raising ceremony representing all 22 members of the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP).

Fiji’s illegal immigrant numbers double, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan visa overstayers prominent

The Prime Minister highlighted serious concerns about the lack of detention facilities, revealing that illegal immigrants are currently held alongside convicted criminals due to inadequate infrastructure.

Trusted partner to the Pacific, or giant fossil fuel exporter?

While international climate negotiations are often conducted behind closed doors, this case is being broadcast in public.

500kg of cocaine destroyed as Australia and PNG celebrate major drug bust

The investigation uncovered a syndicate attempting to smuggle the drugs into Queensland.

Australia combating transnational crime with Pacific partners

Discussions focused on critical issues such as the illicit drug trade, organised crime, illegal immigration, and the movement of known child sex offenders.

COP29 seals $460bn deal amid India’s criticism, island nations’ walkout, and Australia accused of climate ‘lip service’

The COP29 climate summit concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a landmark agreement to channel over $460 billion annually towards helping developing nations combat the...

Line-by-line: is New Zealand aid set to decline?

By Terence Wood There was no fanfare. Just a statement from the New Zealand foreign minister, slipped out quietly amongst the usual stream of government...

AFP officers return after helping deliver safe and secure CHOGM in Samoa

The PPSG, established at the Pacific Islands Forum in August, serves as a rapid-deployment police force to bolster security across the Pacific during major events and crises.

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Museum of Chinese in Australia opens in Sydney to celebrate more than 180 years of history and heritage

“This museum will celebrate a vital thread through the history of our modern nation. I can’t think of a better site than Haymarket – a place synonymous with the Chinese-Australian story – or a more fitting time of year to open it.”

Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues

Trump had imposed sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” last year under an emergency powers act, but the court ruled this law did not authorise him to do so.

South Africa hammer India by 76 runs, end unbeaten run in T20 World Cup

Bumrah was India’s standout bowler with 3/15, becoming India’s highest wicket-taker in T20 World Cup history
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