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Manchester mayor Andy Burnham suggests the treatment of nuclear test veterans will be the next major UK public scandal to emerge. But how do the local people of Kiritimati recall these tests?
The seemingly complimentary stereotype undermines Asian Americans in the workplace and beyond.
Australia is rapidly expanding visa programs for Pacific Islanders to fill labour shortages. More needs to be done to overcome cultural tensions in local communities.
Residents are living with the impacts of climate change and know it’s happening. But leaving their homes would strike at the heart of their identity.
Black Snow, a six-part drama on Stan, puts the stories of Australian South Sea Islanders in frame.
To repair our relationship with the Pacific, the new government must make swift decisions addressing the climate emergency. But that’s just the starting point.
Whoever wins on May 21, protecting Pacific workers in Australia must be a policy priority, as temporary migration will continue to rise post-pandemic.
When the Census Bureau’s count of the population is inaccurate, it affects representation and government spending. Correcting errors isn’t always allowed.
Kava is not commonly used in Australia. But that will change and we need to keep an eye on what happens next.
Rich countries have promised to compensate poor ones for the impacts of climate change.
Australia’s use of Pacific Islander workers in the late 19th century was part of a much bigger story of British sugar barons and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Pandemic border restrictions are keeping seasonal crop pickers from the Pacific out of New Zealand. Would adapting the quarantine system help?
It’s time to listen to warnings from the people of the Pacific.
The census will likely count fewer Black Americans, Indigenous peoples, Asian Americans and Americans of Hispanic or Latino origin than there actually are.
Slavery in Australia is not an issue confined to the past. It needs urgent action, and a key step is to embrace the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Researchers have found a way to encourage cervical cancer screenings and vaccinations in Korean American women. Might their findings also work in other underrepresented populations?
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.
A greater focus on the well-established migrant populations and second-generation youth is crucial when planning for the social and economic well-being of rural and regional areas.
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Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of History, Deakin University
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Professor in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Student in Climate Adaptation, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Asia Pacific Studies, Director of the Asia Pacific Studies Institutes, University of Lancashire
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Research Associate and PhD candidate, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Clinical Psychologist, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor in American Studies, School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies, University of East Anglia
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University