The new treaty will recognise PNG as a nation that makes its own strategic decisions, and ensure Australia is a partner that shows up and stays the course.
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PNG’s founding leaders didn’t just inherit Australian institutions – they reimagined how they could best suit the country’s belief systems and traditional culture.
If Australia’s geo-strategic jostling in the Pacific is to work, we must show serious commitment to curbing global warming.
Members of the Pacific Islands Forum have a full agenda when they meet this week. Many hope squabbles over China and Taiwan will take a back seat to climate change.
If rugby league stays flexible and open-minded when it comes to national allegiances, it could be a way for the sport to win hearts and minds across the Pacific.
As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen tours the Pacific this week, nations’ legal obligations to phase out fossil fuels are becoming undeniable.
The rush for ‘climate visas’ to escape Tuvalu shows the extraordinary need for schemes that enable people to migrate in a warmer world.
The US worked hard over the past seven years to rebuild relationships in the Pacific and counter the influence of China. Trump is putting it all at risk.
As China seeks to expand its influence in our region, Pacific leaders have questioned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s climate action stance.
Three-quarters of Australia’s foreign assistance budget is flowing to the Indo-Pacific, showing a commitment to remaining a reliable partner as USAID cuts bite.
Both major parties have an opportunity to clearly state they will preserve and even increase Australia’s overseas aid budget, after cuts by London and Washington.
No Australian government has offered PNG a binding security guarantee in the past. The current government must address four concerns before signing on the dotted line.
Donald Trump’s deportation orders are raising concerns across the Pacific about a possible influx of returned migrants – and a lack of funds to help them integrate into society.
A sophisticated machine called the LM-3032 Tape Restorator is helping give new life to decaying, decades-old cassettes.
Palau is one of the few remaining countries to have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Is a switch to Beijing possible following next month’s election?
Organised crime has taken root in the Pacific and many countries are struggling to respond.
Drug cartels selling drugs in NZ and Australia are using Fiji as a waypoint – where kids as young as nine are being treated for meth addiction, while crime and HIV rates are climbing. What can be done?
Our work shows the ocean around Fiji is the hottest it has been in at least the past 653 years.
Recent tensions between the US and China can be explained by the geopolitics of sea power and the geography of near and far waters.
It’s the biggest naval exercise in the world. But for the region’s Indigenous people, it brings exploitation and environmental damage.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor of International Security, Adelaide University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Founding Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Journalism, RMIT University
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Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University