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Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 29 – September 4, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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September 5, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Vanuatu’s Forestry Module To Streamline Export Permitting Process
Pacific Scoop
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September 5, 2025
Press Release – UNCTAD Developed in close collaboration with the national project team, the Forestry Module digitizes and automates the application, processing, and issuance of Export Permits for regulated forestry products. 05 September 2025:...
Why the Pacific Islands Forum matters for Australia, and for climate action
The Climate Council
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September 5, 2025
The annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is one of the most important – if not the most important – political gatherings in our region. Each year, leaders from across the Pacific come together to discuss shared challenges and opportunities. And...
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting: 17 Leaders to Attend in Honiara
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
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September 4, 2025
By Alfred Pagepitu All 18 member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) have registered their delegations for the upcoming 54th Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele confirmed in a media press conference...
“Stand with us”: Torres Strait to Pacific Island leaders
Pacific News Service
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By Stefan Armbruster A senior Torres Strait elder has called on Pacific Island leaders meeting in Solomon Islands next week to hold Australia to account and demand ambitious 2035 emission reduction targets. “I send love to our Pacific brother and...
Climate Justice after the ICJ: Authority, Diffusion, and State Responsibility
E-International Relations
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September 7, 2025
The International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s advisory opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change marks a constitutional moment for global climate governance. Requested by a UN General Assembly resolution that was spearheaded by...
Community rocked by stabbing death of 15yo in Melbourne's outer-west
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 6, 2025
The father of a 15-year-old killed in a stabbing attack in Melbourne's outer-west is calling for answers, as police investigate two deaths overnight. Two children were killed overnight in the suburb of Cobblebank, with police believing the...
How nine-year-old Georgia's 'can-do' attitude will help poor schools in Vanuatu
Gloucester Advocate
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September 7, 2025
"Last year, Georgia was horrified at what she saw. They had just had a massive earthquake and cyclone, and all of the books they were trying to work in were waterlogged, their floors were ripped, and some kids only had one shoe."
Energy Equity in the ICJ’s Climate Opinion: Filling The Silence On Distributive Justice
EJIL: Talk!
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September 9, 2025
Introduction and the Stakes Behind the GA Request In 2023, the UN General Assembly requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to spell out what international law requires of states when it comes to climate change. The move came after years...
63 yr old Virat Bhushan, 54 yr old Suvir Khullar gear up 20th Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon
United News of India
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More News 09 Sep 2025 | 7:03 PMVizag, Sep 9 (UNI) UP Yoddhas will face Puneri Paltan in their Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 fixture at the Vishwanadh Sports Club in Vizag on September 10, at 9:00 pm IST. see more.. 09 Sep 2025 | 6:53 PMNew...
Vanuatu mobile force band graced PNG with peace song
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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September 5, 2025
As PNG is turning 50 years, Vanuatu mobile force Band graced Papua New Guinea with the iconic Papua New Guinea Song by Music Music Legend George Telek “Peace”. The band after captivating the crowd with the March and various sing and Dance...
Pacific children’s wellbeing expert appointed Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Pasifika) at VUW
Wellington Scoop
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Press Release – Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett as Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Pasifika). Dr Emma Dunlop-Bennett (Photo/Supplied)...
A test of unity: Can the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting keep the family together
The Interpreter
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September 3, 2025
Chinese military activity in the Pacific has reached new levels in the past year. A PLA Navy task group circumnavigated Australia in February, staging a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. Beijing registered 26...
Pacific voices take centre stage in new cultural heritage book, Sea of Islands
Fijivillage
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For decades, Pacific Islanders’ voices were often missing in the museums that displayed their heritage and now all that will change with the launch of the Sea of Islands. Canadian Museum Professional, Curator and Educator, Dr Carol Mayer says that...
Transparency Pacific Challenges People’s Forum: “Stop Re-Electing Corrupt Leaders”
Solomon Star
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September 6, 2025
Honiara: Politicians are not gods, are temporary, and can be voted out, participants of the Pacific Peoples Forum in Honiara were reminded on Friday. Speaking at the gathering comprising of Pacific civil society and community organisation...
Pacific news in brief for 5 September
RNZ
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September 5, 2025
Pens and pencils in a classroom. Photo: Unpslash/ Laura Rivera American Samoa - education The start date for the school year in American Samoa has been moved until next Monday. The Department of Education stated this is to ensure that students'...
Australia dealt strategic blow as China looms over neighbour
9News
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September 9, 2025
Albanese arrived in the capital of Port Vila today for talks on the Nakamal Agreement with local counterpart Jothan Napat, with both leaders confirming to the media that it is yet to be inked. That comes amid reports China is proving to be a...
Magistrate tightens bail for accused ATM fraudster after boarding plane
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 9, 2025
A Broken Hill man accused of stealing from ATMs and other fraud worth nearly $1 million has had stricter bail conditions placed on him. NSW Police last month charged 32-year-old Lyndon Jake Pace after $700,000 went missing from ATMs in Broken...
The Price of Belonging: Passports, Power, and the Peril of Monetizing Citizenship
Realnews Magazine
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September 6, 2025
Africa By Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma I have always believed that a passport is more than a booklet of paper; it is a key, a symbol, a bridge between where we are and where we dream to be. It is a tangible manifestation of the social contract between...
Anger builds as Newcastle residents remain in landslip limbo
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 9, 2025
Laura Jackel and her family were given less than an hour to grab what they could and get out of their New South Wales home when the ground beneath it started to give way earlier this year. Theirs was one of 16 houses affected by a landslip in the...