Two Nauruan opposition MPs remanded in custody for nearly a month for their role in a rally outside the country’s parliament in June were among seven people released on bail on Friday.
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Team unearths decorated WWII Marines’ remains on Tarawa
A US charity has discovered the bodies of 36 American Marines in Kiribati, including a famous Congressional Medal of Honour recipient, at the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific during World War II.
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Lawyer sting draws questionable PNG, Aust government responses
A sting by a global NGO on high profile Papua New Guinea lawyers and broadcast on Australian television has caused an uproar in legal and political circles, as well as some of the more fiery social media sites.
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Manus and Nauru detention safeguards declined as bill passes Senate
The Australian government has successfully rushed through legislation that explicitly authorises offshore detention funding for Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, before a High Court challenge to its policy.
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Pacific Islands Forum chief says Fiji group not a rival
The secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, says she is prepared for Fiji to take its time before deciding on its future involvement with the regional group.
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Great great granddad corrects Anzac record
MELBOURNE–Good to see my great great grandfather John Treasure getting stuck into the press on my birthday, 100 years ago today.
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Robust Australian budget q&a draws call for defining aid
One aspect that hasn’t changed between this Australian budget and the last is the downward direction of aid and development funding as cuts of more than seven billion dollars over five years, signalled in last year’s budget, start to bite.
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Pacific chief trade adviser says PACER Plus on track
The 10th round of negotiations for the the Pacific nations’ trade agreement known as PACER Plus ended last night in Vanuatu.
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Social payback delaying return of executions in PNG
The regional furore over the Indonesian government’s executions by firing squad of eight convicted drug offenders has turned the spotlight on Papua New Guinea’s plans to re-institute the death penalty there.
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Anzac Treasures
MELBOURNE–My family should never have to pay for rosemary.
