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HISTORICAL FACTS: Vanuatu - The Untold Story

Threats may change, but geography doesn’t. It’s time for Australia to be a good neighbour to the Pacific

In the past week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed security and defence agreements with Vanuatu and Fiji, visited Fiji and Solomon Islands, and hosted leaders from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga in Brisbane.

The Conversation

Albanese to ink fresh Pacific deal on three-day visit

The prime minister will travel to Fiji and the Solomon Islands to reaffirm Australia's commitment to the Pacific and regional security.

AAP

Australia and Vanuatu sign deal barring foreign military base on Pacific island

China formed policing ties with Vanuatu in 2023 and has donated equipment including drones, patrol boats and vehicles to its police force.

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A long-awaited Australia-Vanuatu pact blocks China from building a military base

Australia and Vanuatu have signed a long-awaited bilateral security and economic treaty that prevents China creating a military base on the South Pacific island nation

The Independent UK

Foreign bases ruled out as Vanuatu signs security deal

A security deal struck between Australia and Vanuatu after fragmented negotiations has ramifications for China's interests in the Pacific.

AAP

Court rules identities of multiple survivors of Bondi attack cannot be published – as it happened

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Vanuatu PM to visit as major bilateral deal awaits

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Jotham Napat will visit Canberra ahead of a $500 million partnership deal expected between the two countries.

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Vantage Secures Position on the Fortune Crypto Innovators List, Highlighting Cross-Market Trading Innovation

PORT VILA, Vanuatu, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage, a global multi-asset broker for CFD trading, announced its inclusion on the Fortune Crypto Innovators list. Selected independently by Fortune's editorial department based on its editorial criteria, the list serves as a recognised industry reference point, highlighting companies operating within the…

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Vantage Markets Strengthens UAE and MENA Market Engagement with Trust Led Regional Strategy

PORT VILA, Vanuatu, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage Markets today announced a strengthened UAE and MENA market engagement strategy, outlining a trust led regional direction focused on transparency, trader education, responsible market access and long-term participation in one of the world's fastest evolving financial hubs. "The UAE is one…

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UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts

Resolution backed by 141 states hailed as ‘new chapter’ that could improve climate diplomacy and litigation efforts

The Guardian - UK

UN climate vote strengthens calls for rich nations to pay for damage

Nearly a year after the International Court of Justice declared that states have legal obligations to combat climate change, the United Nations General Assembly has thrown its political weight behind the opinion – reinforcing a growing push to turn climate promises into legal accountability.

Radio France Internationale

Petrostates tried to squash this historic climate ruling. The UN just voted to back it

Sinking nations are one step closer to ‘receiving justice’ for fossil fuel harms as the UN backs a historic climate ruling.

Euronews

UN General Assembly backs world court climate ruling, US among nations opposing

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution reinforcing countries’ obligations to combat climate change, though the text was weakened under pressure from major greenhouse gas emitters. The move follows an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice last year calling failure to meet climate commitments “unlawful”…

France 24

129,000 years of crocodiles: what we know about Australasia’s ancient apex predators

The sight of a saltwater crocodile basking on a mudbank is one of the most iconic and intimidating images of northern Australia. Yet the crocodiles that inhabit the region today are just the survivors of a much richer and stranger lost world.

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UN members prepare for pivotal vote on landmark ICJ climate justice ruling

If resolution is passed, governments will recognise their legal responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions

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Australia seeks Fiji security deal despite China fears

After a Beijing intervention stalled Australia's security pact with Vanuatu, ministers were in Fiji trying to secure a similar deal with the Pacific ally.

The Guardian - AU

Australia eyes security pact with Fiji as pushback from Beijing undermines agreement with Vanuatu

Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreement

International Business Times

Ben McQueen's Karuna Kava: Building Community Through a New Beverage Culture

Kava itself has a long cultural presence in the South Pacific, where it is an important traditional, ceremonial, and cash crop in island nations such as Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, and parts of Micronesia.

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Vanuatu Indigenous leaders raise concerns over plans to build resort for cruise tourists

Exclusive: Environmental impact assessments are ‘incomplete’, say leaders, and private beach club could harm fragile ecosystems

AAP

Pacific journalist doyen Dan McGarry dies aged 62

Former Vanuatu Daily Post editor Dan McGarry has died after falling ill on a reporting trip to Papua New Guinea last month.

Euronews

The sea is higher than we thought putting millions more are at risk of extreme flooding

A new study highlights a 'methodological blind spot' in the way sea level rise is measured.

The Guardian - US

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition

Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable

LiveScience

Vanuatu's 'barefoot volcanologist' stands at ash- and sulfur-spewing Mount Yasur in award-winning photograph

Elle Leontiev's image of Philip, a self-taught volcanologist who has lived on Mount Yasur his whole life, has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026.

Euronews

Tiny island’s climate reparations proposal labelled 'major threat' to US industry

Vanuatu wants a vote on its UN climate reparations plan in March, but the Trump administration is urging nations to oppose it.

The Guardian - AU

The moment I knew: I was ready to paddle back to shore when she leaned in to kiss me

As Andrew Ngeh and Kathleen Oliver paddleboarded together in a secluded bay in Vanuatu, the chemistry between them was undeniable

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