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Xanana Gusmao's CNRT party is expected to form a coalition with the Democratic Party
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Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape (standing) and Defence Minister Win Daki after signing the US-PNG defence cooperation pact in Port Moresby
Military

Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests

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May 23, 2023
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French Interior Minister Gérald
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France briefs UN on New Caledonia decolonisation impasse

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PNG Prime Minister James Marape sign the US-PNG Defence Cooperation pact in Port Moresby 22May23
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‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests

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The proposed Voice for Australia is the opposite of apartheid
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The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this...

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May 22, 2023
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University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact
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May 22, 2023
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PNG's Finance Minister Rainbo Paita
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UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact

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"Protect our sovereignty - and our boundaries"
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Chinese Australian author Louisa Lim
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US-PNG defence pact
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One of the photographs in the alleged Indonesian atrocities portfolio
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OPM calls on global trade unions to blacklist Indonesian goods, services

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May 21, 2023
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May 21, 2023
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Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests

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UN's Sanaka Samarasinha
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Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations

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Hong Kong government says that the arrest and prosecution of Jimmy Lai and other press freedom defenders were “completely unrelated to the issue of press freedom
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape did not give a firm answer on the signing of the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement
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FSM Chief Negotiator Leo Falcam Jr (left) and US Presidential Envoy Joseph Yun in Pohnpei
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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