Pacific
Arts & Culture
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
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
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
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
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
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
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