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Samoan Prime Minister addresses how technology can "bridge the digital divide" for Pacific nations

Posted on 19 April 2023

Earlier this month, Fiame Naomi Mata‘afa, Prime Minister of Samoa, provided a keynote address at ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue, a policy summit focusing on critical and emerging cyber and space technologies. Mata’afa spoke to…
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Cook Islands parliament decriminalises homosexuality

Posted on 19 April 2023

The Cook Islands’ “Crimes (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill 2023" was passed into law last Friday, and alongside other things decriminalised homosexuality in the nation. This repealed the provisions in its Crimes Act…
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Vanuatu's progress, and challenges, in achieving good governance 

Posted on 12 April 2023

A recent Dev Policy Blog article revealed that despite Vanuatu’s successes in recent years tackling corruption, they are still experiencing significant challenges in achieving good governance.
 
Compared to significant accounts of political…
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New Caledonia and France meet ahead of sovereignty discussion

Posted on 12 April 2023

Delegates from New Caledonia’s Oceanian Awakening party met with Gerald Darmanin, French interior minister, to discuss the issue of the nation’s sovereignty ahead of the upcoming political sequence in France this…
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The impact of labour mobility schemes on families in home countries

Posted on 06 April 2023

Researchers used their findings from 450 qualitative interviews with employers and workers involved with migrant work in New Zealand and Australia to discover the impact on families back home in Kiribati, Tonga…
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World Bank opens office in Northern Pacific

Posted on 05 April 2023

The World Bank has recently established a new office in the Federated States of Micronesia island Pohnpei.
 
The World Bank has significantly increased its presence in the North Pacific in the last six…
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Kiribati representative speaks to nation's drought at UN Water Conference

Posted on 29 March 2023

The UN Water Conference held in New York last week addressed the global water crisis, as an estimated 2 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. 

Teburoro Tito, UN Representative for…
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Board of the Forum of Young Parlimentarians welcomes first Pacific MP

Posted on 23 March 2023

Lord Fakafanua, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, has just been named as a member of the IPU Forum of Young Parliamentarians Board.
 
The Forum of Young Parliamentarians aims to ensure youth…
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Pacific nations unite on call for 'Fossil Fuel Free Pacific'

Posted on 22 March 2023

Last week, representatives from six Pacific islands - Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Tonga, Fiji, Niue, and the Solomon Islands - agreed on the Port Vila Call to Action for a Just Transition to…
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Samoan climate leader speaks at Commonwealth Service

Posted on 15 March 2023

Last week, Sulafi Brianna Fruean, a young Samoan climate advocate, was invited to speak at the annual Commonwealth Service in London. The conference is Britain’s largest inter-faith gathering each year, where…
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