Government And Politics

image
May 26, 2024

Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea move survivors of massive landslide to safer ground

Emergency responders are moving survivors of a massive landslide feared to have buried scores of people to safer ground as tons of unstable earth and tribal warfare, which is rife in the Papua New Guinea Highlands, threaten the rescue effort

image

More than 100 people believed killed by a landslide in Papua New Guinea, Australian media report

May 24, 2024

Australian Broadcasting Corp. is reporting that more than 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide that buried a village in remote Papua New Guinea

image
May 22, 2024

Australia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia

Australia says its military has flown 115 people from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and France will soon evacuate and 100 to the Australian city of Brisbane

image
May 21, 2024

Australia's deputy prime minister pledges support to Solomon Islands during visit to Honiara

Australia’s deputy prime minister is visiting the Solomon Islands, as Canberra intensifies its efforts to counter China’s growing influence in the South Pacific

image
May 21, 2024

Australia and New Zealand sending planes to evacuate nationals from New Caledonia's unrest

The Australian and New Zealand governments say they are sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-scorched New Caledonia

image
May 14, 2024

Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison

A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan

image

An Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been sentenced to prison

May 14, 2024

An Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has been sentenced to prison

image
May 10, 2024

Australian judge extends ban on X sharing video of Sydney bishop's stabbing

An Australian judge has extended a ban on social media platform X allowing videos of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop in his church last month after government lawyers condemned the company's free speech argument for keeping the graphic images circulating

image
May 9, 2024

Air Vanuatu cancels flights and considers bankruptcy protection

Air Vanuatu has cancelled international flights for four days and is considering bankruptcy protection for the South Pacific state-owned carrier

image
May 9, 2024

Fiji's ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation

Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while leading the government of his South Pacific island nation