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Pacific island leaders welcome U.S. pledge to triple funding for region

Pacific island leaders welcomed a pledge by the United States to triple aid to the region to combat illegal fishing, enhance maritime security and tackle climate change, after decades of stagnant U.S. funding.

Reuters

US Vice-President Kamala Harris makes virtual appearance at Pacific Islands Forum to unveil major plans for the region

Despite major powers being sidelined from the Pacific Islands Forum, Vice-President Kamala Harris appears virtually to make a series of announcements showing the US is intent on reasserting its presence in the region as China continues to expand its footprint.

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Australia at odds with neighbouring nations on new coal and gas projects at Pacific Islands Forum

Pacific leaders optimistic about Albanese government’s climate action and willingness to engage, but major sticking point remains

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Pacific islands summit begins amid US-China battle for influence

Key summit comes as region grapples with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and US-China rivalry.

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Kiribati announces withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum on eve of leaders' meeting

Kiribati has announced it will push ahead with its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum, delivering a damaging blow to the regional body on the eve of its most important meeting in years.

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Climate stance 'welcomed' at Pacific forum

Australia's Pacific Minister says the government's increased climate change targets have been welcomed by nations in the region ahead of a crucial summit.

AAP

Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Islands Forum in blow to regional body

President says it will not be attending forum because of failure to address concerns of Micronesian countries

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Special Report: Pacific primer

Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of…

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Pacific Islands vital to planetary health

With Pacific Islands nations controlling 20 percent of all oceans, they are at the foundation of initiatives to help the planet and our health.

360info

Mobile workers key to Pacific prosperity

Encouraging work abroad schemes could help Pacific Island nations to steer their way clear of crippling debt.

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The Pacific’s spiralling debt – and what governments can do about it

Rising debt and declining income seem to add up to an austere future for Pacific Island nations. But belt-tightening may make things worse.

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Asia and the Pacific stronger together

Better opportunities will arise from ASEAN and Pacific island nations banding together.

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Reports of a Pacific fracture fail to understand the region

Pacific Island nations are keenly aware that disunity is unhelpful for the region.

360info

How China’s presence has grown in the Pacific in the past decade

China’s presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic, is now much deeper.

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Marles vows fix for Pacific Guardian boats

Defence has identified potential faults in Guardian patrol boats Australia has supplied to Pacific island nations.

The Guardian - AU

Serious defects discovered in patrol boats Australia supplied to Pacific Islands

Potentially serious faults in Guardian-class patrol boats may force some countries to pause use of vessels

ABC News

Defence engineers flying to Pacific to repair defective Australian-built Guardian-class patrol boats

Numerous problems have been identified on Australian-built patrol boats gifted to Pacific Island nations, prompting the Defence Department to issue advice on how to "minimise risk" for the countries that operate them.

ABC News

China pushes for Pacific foreign ministers meeting at same time Pacific Islands Forum meets

Beijing is attempting to muscle in on the Pacific's most important high-level gathering, pushing for a meeting with the region's foreign ministers on the same day as another key event.

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United States and China set to be excluded from Pacific Islands Forum meeting to avoid 'distraction'

The decision by the Pacific's peak diplomatic body to exclude major international powers from a crucial meeting next month will give leaders the opportunity to discuss regional issues without outside pressure.

Al Jazeera

‘Very troubling’: Emails reveal US alarm over China-Solomons pact

Internal emails show US aid agency officials’ concerns over contentious security agreement.

The Guardian - AU

Vanuatu calls on Australia to back its UN bid to recognise climate change harm

Pacific islands urge new Labor government to support push for international court of justice to issue climate advisory opinion

ABC News

Solomon Islands seeks to reassure Australia on China security deal, Penny Wong announces 200,000 paediatric vaccines

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister seeks to reassure Australia there will not be a military base in the Pacific island nation, after Foreign Minister Penny Wong touches down in Honiara.

Reuters

Australia's foreign minister Wong to travel to Solomon Islands amid concern over China security pact

Australia's foreign minister will travel to the Solomon Islands on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare amid concern over the regional impact of a security deal between the Pacific islands nation and China.

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Insights From Africa As China Stumbles in the Pacific

Investment, infrastructure, and influence building – what worked for China before may not again elsewhere.

Reuters

Biden envoy to visit Marshall Islands as U.S. concerns grow about China's Pacific push

President Joe Biden's special envoy for talks with three tiny but strategically important Pacific island nations will lead a delegation to the Marshall Islands next week amid growing U.S. worries about China's efforts to expand its influence in the region.

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