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Eyes on Pacific as new Australian spy alliance floated

Australia should step up its intelligence-gathering capabilities in the Pacific by spearheading a new regional spy alliance, a think tank says.

AAP

Pacific Islands Forum: climate crisis tops agenda as China exclusion casts shadow over leaders meeting

Pacific Islands Forum 2025 faces bumpy start with China, the US and Taiwan uninvited from discussions, as Pacific leaders gather in Solomon Islands

The Guardian - AU

Climate finance crunch time at Pacific leader talks

The existential threat of climate change and ever-intensifying regional rivalries will loom large over Pacific leader talks in Honiara.

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PM leans on friends in uncertain world ahead of talks

As the world becomes a more uncertain place, Australia needs friends it can rely on, the prime minister has said during a visit to a key Pacific partner.

AAP

Australia-Pacific ties enhanced by Labor's election win

Improved relations with Solomon Islands and Vanuatu could be a goal of Labor's second term, with a huge step-up with Papua New Guinea already assured.

AAP

New Vanuatu PM says he will ‘revisit’ 2022 security agreement with Australia

Exclusive: Jotham Napat said pact must be taken ‘back to the drawing board’ and should reflect climate change as security issue

The Guardian - AU

Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand

The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact provoked a rare diplomatic clash with the nation’s chief benefactor, New Zealand, and protests at home

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Australia announces $118 million deal to enhance policing in Solomon Islands

Australia has announced it will pay for more police in Solomon Islands and create a police training center in the South Pacific island nation’s capital Honiara, where Chinese law enforcement instructors are already based under a bilateral security pact with Beijing

The Independent UK

Pacific Islands leaders back Australia-funded joint policing plan

The region-wide plan involves the establishment of four training centres across the Pacific with a hub in Brisbane.

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Kiribati's pro-China government bars foreign officials from visiting until 2025, citing elections

The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the Pacific Island nation until next year, citing its current election process, according to an official in the Foreign Ministry

The Independent UK

Palau's president says China is weaponizing lucrative tourism over his refusal to break Taiwan ties

Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr. says Beijing weaponizes tourism to the Pacific Island archipelago in an effort to force it to sever ties with Taiwan

The Independent UK

China's Pacific push to 'support Taiwan reunification'

China is seeking to exert diplomatic influence in the Pacific to garner support for any eventual effort to "reunify" Taiwan under Beijing's rule, experts say.

AAP

Solomon Islands bids farewell to a polarising PM who became the Pacific’s most China-friendly leader

Although Manasseh Sogavare’s time as prime minister of Solomon Islands is finished, his country’s relationship with China may still have some way to run

The Guardian - AU

Solomons election a test of China's Pacific inroads

The upcoming election in the Solomons looks set to be a test of China's influence in the Pacific and for the island nation's pro-Beijing prime minister.

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Tuvalu election: what’s happening, and what could it mean for Taiwan, China and the Pacific?

The Pacific island has a population of just 11,000 but its political leadership could decide whether Taiwan loses another critical ally in the Pacific

The Independent UK

Australia pushes against China's Pacific influence through a security pact with Papua New Guinea

The Australian government has signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New Guinea that strengthens Australia’s place as the preferred security partner in a region where China’s influence is growing

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United States and Federated States of Micronesia renew strategic pact in bid to counter China

Renewing the agreements has become a key part of US efforts to push back against China's bid to expand its influence in the Pacific.

Al Jazeera

Fiji’s opposition lodges complaint over election results

Move comes after Fiji authorities took down a provisional tally that showed the opposition holding a very early lead.

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China to gift water cannon trucks, vehicles to Solomon Islands police days after Australian donation

At a special ceremony in Honiara, the Chinese ambassador will give two water cannon trucks and a number of vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force as competition between Australia and China intensifies.

Reuters

Unpredictable Solomon Islands fuels U.S. concern as China's influence grows

(Corrects paragraph 17 to show Solomon Islands recognised Beijing, not Taiwan)

The Guardian - AU

Papua New Guinea election violence: what has caused it and what can be done?

The massacre of 18 people in the Highlands confirmed fears that an outdated electoral roll and lack of security could lead to trouble

The Guardian - AU

Pacific nations walk geopolitical tightrope over Ukraine war, as nuclear legacy looms

Pacific leaders have broadly lambasted the Russian assault, but some countries have resisted outright condemnation of the superpower

Al Jazeera

In Solomon Islands, Australia’s largesse faces China challenge

Canberra is facing questions about the limits of its economic diplomacy as Pacific neighbour boosts ties with Beijing.

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Solomon Islands-China security talks add to strategic concerns in Pacific

The leak of a draft agreement has sparked fears about the militarisation of the Pacific.

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