Pacific

Arts & Culture

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Research

How Pasifika communities are reconnecting with their past in Australian museums

When a Samoan ethnomusicologist visited Melbourne's Grainger Museum as a music student, she found objects her community had no idea were there. Now she's changing that

Environment

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Analysis

Putting people at the centre of global climate efforts

Following progress at COP30, Australia’s partnership with Pacific nations offers an opportunity to progress solutions that protect human health from climate change

Environment

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Analysis

Earth has an Outer Space Treaty, but is it time for an Orbital Activity Treaty?

Space programs are launching more orbital objects every year – and some must come down. It’s time for legal regulation to manage our increasingly perilous Near Space zone and beyond

Environment

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Analysis

COP29 wrap-up: Urgent finance needs stall in Baku

PhD students working in climate-related fields give their analysis of the successes – and failures – at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan

Politics & Society

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Analysis

What came out of the Samoa CHOGM

There’s an important civil society dimension to CHOGM, building support on issues that are important to major Commonwealth powers as well as small island states

Politics & Society

Commonwealth leaders meet to debate the future and deal with the past

CHOGM 2024 in Samoa is King Charles’ first as Head of the Commonwealth, and along with climate change, development and human rights, reparation for slavery has entered the discussion

Politics & Society

Growing a feeling of home in a new city

Migrants to Port Vila from elsewhere in Vanuatu build connections with people and places using practices that relate to the land

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

Australia needs to be ‘more than an advisor’ in the Pacific

As the Australian Prime Minister attends the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga, Australia can’t take its involvement in the Pacific for granted

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Australia and China should cooperate for the security of Pacific Island Countries

Rivalry between Australia and China in the South Pacific is harming the prosperity of the region

Environment

Human rights law demands climate change adaptation

Supporting climate adaptation for vulnerable peoples is not just a matter of ‘aid’ but rather a legal obligation that must be met