Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult
By Walter Zweifel
New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party says the latest French pronouncement on self-determination is an insult to the decolonisation process.
Amid a dispute over...
Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs
By Iliesa Tora and Kelvin Anthony
Chiefs are to serve people and not to be served, Fiji President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere told the Great Council...
Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition
ABC Pacific Beat
Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao has won the parliamentary election, but the country’s first president may contest the count after his party...
Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests
The National, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by...
‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests
By Lydia Lewis and Scott Waide in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the increased United States security involvement in Papua...
The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this misinformation is undermining democratic debate
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan
Many different arguments for and against the Voice to Parliament have been heard in the lead-up to this year’s referendum in...