Tag: Australian foreign policy
Pacific security should be a matter for ‘Pacific family’, says Wong
RNZ Pacific
Australia should be more engaged in the Pacific, something the previous government failed to do sufficiently, says Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
Wong was...
As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within...
Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry
If the coming election goes to Australia’s Labor party, Penny Wong is very likely to become Foreign Minister. So...
Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis and Czeslaw Tubilewicz of the University of Adelaide
The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media...
China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia...
ANALYSIS: By James Laurenceson, University of Technology Sydney
Great power competition in the Asia-Pacific region has been building for years. But covid-19 has turbo-charged the...
Morrison’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM
By RNZ Pacific
Tuvalu's Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister's conduct at last week's Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison's attitude "unfortunate" and "neo-colonial,"...
‘Rethink’ say ABC friends condemning Canberra’s Pacific media plan
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A public broadcasting advocacy group has condemned Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plan to commercialise Pacific broadcasting as not being able...
