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Last-minute Taiwan drama and a policing plan: five things we learned at the Pacific Islands Forum
China’s representative demanded the scrapping of language about Taiwan in the final communique; Pacific countr…
- Anthony Albanese, Asia Pacific, Australia news, China, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Taiwan
Pacific Islands Forum communique taken down after Chinese envoy calls Taiwan reference ‘unacceptable’
‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more th…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Climate crisis, Environment, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Tuvalu
‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels
A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country’s climate minister says ‘root caus…
- Anthony Albanese, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian politics, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Tonga
Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan
Anthony Albanese told journalists to ‘chill out’ over the comments filmed in the wings of the Pacific Islands …
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, China, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Vanuatu
Australia overcomes last-minute concerns to secure sweeping Pacific police training plan
Anthony Albanese says it is ‘a Pacific-led initiative’ that reflects the desire of neighbours to ‘stand with e…