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Labor has maintained unchanged its solid two-party leads in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll.
There is a long history shaping the recent pact between China and the Solomons- and it should jolt Australia into rethinking its relationships in the Pacific region.
A leaked draft security agreement seemingly proves Chinese spending ‘bought’ enough influence to get the Solomon Islands government. But such an interpretation misses two key issues.
It is way too simple to say the current unrest is just due to Solomon Islands’ new allegiance towards China.
Desperate for visitors to return, tourism-reliant Pacific nations are racing to re-open borders before Christmas. But will tourists feel safe enough to travel?
A reliance on local customary knowledge and practices helped people make a living and strengthened relationships with family and friends.
Pacific countries are eager for assistance in securing their future, whether sourced from old friends like the US and Australia, or new enthusiasts like the Chinese.
Scott Morrison stepped up Australia’s engagement with the Pacific by visiting Vanuatu and Fiji last week and announcing a bilateral partnership with the latter. Here’s what he achieved.
A new study finds that even in best-case scenarios, the fishing communities most hurt by climate change are on small island nations such as Kiribati, the Solomon Islands and the Maldives.
Melanesia’s oceans are worth at least US$5.4 billion, but are under increasing threat.
Sea levels are rising faster in the Solomon Islands – and send a warning for the rest of the world.
An expedition to the Solomon Islands to investigate rare monkey-faced bats and giant rats will help preserve these remarkable species.
A large number of children with malaria in the Asia-Pacific have relapses of the disease, not new infections. Malaria-programs must target these latent infections to completely eliminate the disease.
Over-fishing is a massive environmental and economic challenge. Fortunately, there are new solutions being trialled – including in a tuna hotspot in the Pacific.
Australian mining firms remain at the forefront of natural resource exploration and extraction in some of our nearest - and poorest - neighbours. Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are…
A magnitude 8 earthquake that struck today off the Solomon Islands is not a risk to Australia, but has destroyed three villages in the region and resulted in a tsunami with early reports of some deaths…
There is a profound silence in conflict. Women’s voices are absent. They are excluded from decision-making and peace processes across the world’s trouble spots. This exclusion not only perpetuates political…
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University
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Professor of International Security, Adelaide University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, Griffith University
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Head of Pacific Research Program, Australian National University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor and Co-Director, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo
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Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Healthy Oceans Program Manager, Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
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Chair Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Joint Division Head, Population Health and Immunity, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Associate Professor in Ocean Stewardship, Stockholm University