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Peter Dutton’s climate policy backslide threatens Australia’s clout in the Pacific – right when we need it most
As China seeks to expand its influence in our region, Pacific leaders have questioned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s ...
Canadian couple likely the only business owners on Australia’s Norfolk Island to face US tariffs
Jesse Schiller and Rachel Evans are likely the only business owners on Australia's Norfolk Island to be affected by the Trump ...
The Jakarta Post16d
What Australia’s election holds for the Pacific
hen Solomon Islands ... of Pacific policy as voting day draws near. If there is a change of government on May 3, regional engagement could look quite different in the next three years. Australia ...
The Associated Press - Business News on MSN13d
In the crosshairs of stiff US tariffs, tiny coral islands in the South Pacific and Arctic outposts
The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky ...
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China’s Power Play Across the Pacific
While China’s growing interest in the Pacific certainly caught the attention of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and others, it was arguably not until the China–Solomon Islands secret ...
War on the Rocks22d
The South Pacific Is the New Frontline in the Rivalry with China
A few weeks ago, commercial flights over the Tasman Sea — located between Australia and ... its position in the South Pacific. For at least the last six years, China has made a more focused effort to ...
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 11.
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Sinking feeling: is Australia’s navy ready for a Pacific conflict?
Australia’s navy has long played a crucial role in the defence of the island continent, whose 34,000km (21,000-mile) coastline is surrounded by the vast Pacific, Southern and Indian oceans and ...
csis.org28d
Crossroads of Competition: China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Greg Poling testified before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission on China’s military and security footprint in the Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Chair Price ... its ...
The Australian Financial Review29d
Australia’s allies must step up in the Indo-Pacific
Please send your letter to [email protected] I found Richard Maude’s excellent analysis of the post-Trumpian order in the Indo-Pacific alarming and frightening (“Australia’s Indo-Pacific ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore28d
Australia's WiseTech founder White admits to incomplete disclosure after review findings
Australia's WiseTech Global founder and executive ... incomplete and misleading. Richard White accepts the board review's findings and is supportive of a new and more stringent code of conduct ...
Reuters24d
Australia to speed up $1 billion in defence spending in budget, says defence minister
AVALON, March 24 (Reuters) - Australia will bring forward A$1 billion in defence spending in Tuesday's federal budget to boost its military capability, including guided weapons manufacture ...