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How should the next Australian govt handle Pacific engagement?

Posted on 19 April 2022

The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands highlighted that a “business as usual” Australian (as well as New Zealand) approach to the Pacific may no longer be enough.…
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Humanitarian Group slams plan to divide Papua

Posted on 19 April 2022

The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says that the unilateral creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian central government is like repeating the management model of Dutch colonial…
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Ukraine crisis: views from developing countries

Ukraine crisis: views from developing countries

Posted on 19 April 2022

On the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, South Africa gave a clear message that Russia should immediately withdraw its armed forces from Ukraine in accordance with the UN…
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Link between reproductive health, rights, and climate change resilience

Posted on 19 April 2022

Links between women’s sexual and reproductive health and the impacts of climate change are made clear in the recent Working Group II report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
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Plastic waste overwhelms Tonga landfill

Posted on 19 April 2022

The only landfill in Tonga is filling up with plastic waste from relief efforts following the volcano eruption. A reported 86,000 bottles of water arrived in shipping containers of aid…
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Advocacy Report Sep - Feb 2022

Posted on 18 April 2022

Covid continues to dominate. Disaster strikes in Tonga. Donate Responsibly message.

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This report collates the general advocacy activities of CID Members from the period September 2021 to February 2022.…
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Podcast: Embedding locally-led models for development

Posted on 18 April 2022

Useful Outsiders podcast episode 3

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This episode looks at how Covid has shifted a more localised approach to aid and development, and how we can make the most of this…
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Foreign support for Pacific Courts as a development issue

Posted on 12 April 2022

Pacific island states are unusual, but not alone, in relying on foreign judges to sit on their highest courts. Across the nine Commonwealth states of Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New…
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Security vs. sovereignty as leaders debate Solomon Island deal

Posted on 12 April 2022

Last week Minister Nanaia Mahuta travelled to Fiji to sign a high-level partnership agreement, “uniting like never before” according to Fiji’s prime minister, to partner on economic, security, climate change…
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Ukraine news round up

Posted on 12 April 2022

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, attacks on religious freedoms as well as human rights abuses are escalating. Religious leaders, local officials, civil society, and journalists are…
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