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Australia's Pacific minister has been chastised by a Vanuatu counterpart, being told to "check his facts" over comments about a Chinese policing agreement.
Australia is working to confirm whether Nauru has breached a security treaty following a $1 billion announcement with a Chinese company. Nauru must receive Australia's sign-off on any partnership, arr...
New Zealand has suspended millions of dollars in budget funding to the Cook Islands, as the relationship between the two constitutionally-linked countries continues to deteriorate amid the island grou...
A new Rio Tinto mine opening in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region is the company's first project with a co-designed cultural and heritage management plan.
Australia has taken a landmark step in supporting international peace and security by opening a world-first United Nations Police Peacekeeping training course tailored for the Pacific region.
Australia is preparing to take up the funding slack for the Pacific's most pressing needs as the US cuts its foreign aid budget. Crucial food, climate aid and medical programs in the Pacific island na...
The Cook Islands have tried to reassure concerned Pacific neighbours that a pact the nation has signed this week with China "deliberately" contains very little detail.
The relationship between New Zealand and Cook Islands needs a reset, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says, given the fallout from the Pacific nation's secret pact with China.
Indigenous tourism operators across Western Australia have been backed to attract more visitors from the country's number one tourism market.
The leader of Solomon Islands has hit back at criticism of his nation's deepening security ties with China, saying Australia and the United States have nothing to fear.
The Solomon Islands has denied suggestions its policing deal with China is a threat to peace in the Pacific, saying the pact will enhance its capabilities in cyber security and community policing.
China and the Solomon Islands should "provide transparency" to the Indo-Pacific region by publishing the details of a security deal, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says.
Leaders of the Solomon Islands and China have promised to expand relations, signing agreements on police, economic and technical co-operation.