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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pro-Hamas graffiti appears across Melbourne on anniversary of October 7 attack

Australia's Jewish community is marking two years since the October 7 attacks in Israel that claimed the lives of 1,200 people, but the commemorations have been overshadowed by pro-Hamas graffiti in Melbourne. Events commemorating October 7 were...

Vanuatu police minister slams Minister for the Pacific Pat Conroy over comments on China policing agreement

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...

Vanuatu’s Climate Minister: “We Are Already Past Adaptation”

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...

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 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...

Vanuatu plans UN resolution on lanmdmark climate ruling

Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu speaking to media after an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on climate change. Photo: AFP / John Thys Vanuatu's climate minister says the country is drafting a UN resolution to turn a...

Vanuatu backs National Geographic Pristine Seas mission to survey and study fragile ocean

The National Geographic Pristine Seas team has launched its month-long expedition in Vanuatu, aimed at studying ocean ecosystems that are threatened by cyclones, warming seas, and overfishing. The mission, initiated by the Vanuatu government, will...

Vanuatu to sign China police deal as security pact with Australia lies in limbo

Vanuatu has declared it will sign a new policing agreement with China as the landmark Nakamal pact between Australia and the Pacific Island nation hangs in the balance. Vanuatu's Police Minister Andrew Napuat met with China's Minister of Public...