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Deep-sea mining advocates echo the same "benevolent" rhetoric Australia once used to justify the Panguna Mine in Bougainville — a project that helped spark the Pacific's worst conflict since World War II.
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New research spanning 122 countries finds trade sanctions raise conflict deaths — but only where corruption is already high. Below that threshold, the effect turns negative or insignificant.
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Buy AAC2026 tickets by 25 Nov 📖 Full program out now!🚶♀️#AAC2026 at ANU, Canberra from 2-4 Dec
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Prosecution counts miss the point: Tonga's Anti-Corruption Commission argues success should be measured by investigation quality, prevention and education too.
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🚨Seminar Reminder
Join us as Anna Kapil and Terence Wood presents “2026 Annual Student Opinion Survey"
⏰6 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm PGT; 1.30-2.30pm AEDT
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Varroa destructor could reach Fiji "one boat ride away" — and the country has thin surveillance, no hive-loss reporting, and scattered beekeepers. A Fiji beekeeper says a narrow, low-cost window remains to prepare before it's too late.
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Pacific leaders used their 2026 UN speeches to reject geopolitical rivalry in their own region while deepening regionalism. Nine countries opposed power struggles in 2026, up from four in 2025 — even as Naoero broke ranks by announcing it will…
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Indonesia deactivated around five million under-age social media accounts in four months under its new under-16 rules. But that measures platform compliance, not whether children are actually safer.
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Catch up with the conversation! 📺
We were privileged to have Jean Martin, Evonne Kennedy and Serena Sasingian share insights at the ANU Pasifika Students Assoc seminar hosted by Hansley Gumbaketi.
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🚨Registration Open
Join us as Anna Kapil and Terence Wood presents “2026 Annual Student Opinion Survey"
⏰6 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm PGT; 1.30-2.30pm AEDT
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Most PALM workers don't trust country liaison officers for advice or complaints, and employers aren't impressed either. The reason: CLOs face three conflicting sets of expectations from sending governments, employers and Australia's DFAT.
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Better poverty prediction doesn't mean fairer social protection. Machine learning can sharpen targeting accuracy, but households hardest to track in data remain most likely to be missed, and eligibility rules can quietly shape work decisions.
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Gareth Evans to open AAC2026 📖 Full program out now!🚶♀️#AAC2026 in Canberra from 2-4 Dec
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This week: why Tonga's Chinese debt won't be forgiven and who pays instead, plus what Solomon Islands' LDC graduation will actually change.
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🚨Registration Open
Join us as Anna Kapil and Terence Wood presents “2026 Annual Student Opinion Survey"
⏰6 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm PGT; 1.30-2.30pm AEDT
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The OECD says Pacific health aid is set to fall 16% between 2024 and 2026, with PNG, Tokelau and Kiribati hit hardest. Australia's own Pacific health aid drops almost 11%, and the Coalition plans to halve the humanitarian intake to 10,000.
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#AidNews #ODA
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Full program out now!🚶♀️#AAC2026 in Canberra from 2-4 Dec
5 keynotes | 48 sessions | Dinner at @nma
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📢 Buy AAC2026 Dinner tickets now: Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh, @BRACworld at @nma on 3 December
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Fiji’s constitutional referendum Bill passed by just three votes, on a counting rule that conflicts with Parliament’s own Standing Orders. Campaign regulations and the final referendum Bill text still haven’t been published.
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70% of Papua New Guineans are still offline, and internet costs are among the highest in the region. A new ANU-UPNG submission argues competition, not state control, is the way to close the gap.
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#PNG #InternetAccess #DigitalDivide #RESET50
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