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Nauru become first ally to switch allegiances to Beijing after weekend’s presidential elections in TaiwanNauru has switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China less than 48 hours after Taiwan’s presidential election.In a statement, the governme…
Read MoreClimate change and rising strategic competition among issues facing leaders at region’s most important political gathering The leaders of Pacific nations will gather in the Cook Islands this week for the most closely watched meeting on the regional cal…
Read MoreExclusive: Lawyers for Getax Australia say ‘unjustified and inexplicable delays’ from the prosecution mean evidence has been lost and essential witnesses have diedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Queensland exp…
Read MoreExclusive: Department claimed accommodation contracts with companies linked to Mozammil Gulamabbas Bhojani could not be cancelled – despite containing termination clausesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afte…
Read MoreSix men who had been held in Australia’s offshore processing facilities for more than eight years arrive in AucklandFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe f…
Read MoreCanstruct International’s holding company has more than $340m in cash and investments, according to accounts filed with regulatorFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe company behind Australi…
Read MoreThe International Seabed Authority has two years to finalise regulations governing the controversial industryDeep-sea mining has been given the go-ahead to commence in two years, after the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru notified the UN body govern…
Read MoreGlobal-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although advertisements ‘not unlawful in themselves’An international migration firm is being investigated for allegedly promoting access to the Vanuatu’s …
Read MoreWith a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force in 90 daysNuclear weapons will soon be illegal. Just over 75 years since their devastation was first unleashed on the world, the global communi…
Read MoreAccess to clean, safe drinking water across the Pacific is the lowest of any region in the world, raising fears for the rapid spread of coronavirus Papua New Guinea’s battle against a climbing rate of Covid-19 infections is being hampered by the most b…
Read MoreVice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia suspended, then reinstated after he alleged widespread financial irregularitiesFor decades a jewel in the crown of Pacific regionalism, the University of the South Pacific has endured 12 months of scandal, beset by allegat…
Read MoreLead defendant Mathew Batsiua sentenced to 18 months for riot over 2015 demonstration while others receive lesser termsA group of protesters known as the Nauru 19 have been sentenced to jail after a highly controversial retrial for charges stemming fro…
Read MoreLead defendant Mathew Batsiua tells court ‘history will absolve’ the group who had ‘stood up for democracy’A group of high-profile protesters known as the Nauru 19 have been found guilty of rioting and other charges after a widely condemned trial was r…
Read MoreGeoffrey Muecke says Nauruan government regarded group as guilty without ensuring a fair trialAustralian judge Geoffrey Muecke is reluctant to go on the record. It is “anathema” to him that any judge, retired or active, would speak publicly on a case t…
Read MoreSquire Jeremiah and Rutherford Jeremiah are among the group set to face a new trial beginning on MondayTwo members of the so-called Nauru 19 have sought asylum in Australia ahead of a retrial this week. Lawyers say the trial has been rigged against the…
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