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Albanese’s hot mic moment in Tonga lights up China’s WeChat groups, and they’re not happy

Wanning Sun — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 01:51:25 +0000

Beijing's official reaction to Albanese's comments has been fairly mild. Not so the response in the Chinese blogosphere.

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Climate action is crucial to Australia’s standing in the Pacific

Wesley Morgan — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 03:25:37 +0000

Long a regional laggard on climate action, Australia must convince Pacific leaders it's serious about moving away from fossil fuels.

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Deadly blaze at reporter’s home highlights danger faced by journalists in Indonesia

Anton Nilsson — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:44:23 +0000

There were 89 attacks against Indonesian journalists in 2023 alone.

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Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?

Priestley Habru — Fri, 03 May 2024 04:28:33 +0000

Ordinary Solomon Islanders have more pressing issues to worry about than diplomatic tussles between global powers.

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Peters’ ‘Chinese puppet’ dig at Bob Carr a bad look for Luxon’s fumbling government

Rebekah Holt — Thu, 02 May 2024 23:52:30 +0000

Australia's former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr joins a growing coterie of lawyered-up foreigners looking to sue New Zealand's deputy prime minister.

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Pacific elder excoriates Australia on AUKUS panel with Bob Carr

Wanning Sun — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:06:30 +0000

'In all my years of politics I have never seen anything so brazen and disrespectful.'

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PNG ‘blessed’ with back-to-back high-level visits from China and Australia

Anton Nilsson — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:49:32 +0000

China is lashing out at the AUKUS pact and have sent a top official to Papua New Guinea, as Anthony Albanese seeks to shore up Australia's relationship with its northern neighbour.

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More than a pay dispute: what’s really behind the Papua New Guinea riots

Jonathan Ritchie — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:17:50 +0000

Historical land disputes and rampant unemployment are just two of the litany of factors sparking this week's violence in Port Moresby.

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Guns, prisons and landlords — what does New Zealand’s new government have planned?

Rebekah Holt — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:59:52 +0000

New Zealand has a new government, cobbled together like patchwork quilt. What vision do these three men have to unite Kiwis in these hard times?

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In Taiwan, Scott Morrison adds a foreign headache to Albanese’s domestic migraine

Michael Sainsbury — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:26:17 +0000

Australia's latest 'miserable ghost' ex-PM has been stirring the pot in Taiwan ahead of Anthony Albanese's visit to China.

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