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Vanuatu and Tonga advance maritime safety with oil spill drills, training
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 18, 2025
The Governments of Vanuatu and Tonga have completed a series of intensive maritime safety workshops and oil spill response drills, marking important steps toward safer shipping and stronger marine environmental protection. In Vanuatu, the...
Fiji FA appoints French expert as new technical director
FBC News
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September 4, 2025
[Source: Fiji Football Association/Facebook] Former French football coach and technical expert David Laurent Baltase is Fiji Football Association’s new Technical Director. He replaces the outgoing Timo Jankowski. Baltase brings with him more than...
Supporters say Vanuatu's controversial 'two sexes law' aligns with the Bible
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 23, 2025
When Ashley goes out in Vanuatu, he finds it hard to express his non-binary gender identity. Growing up in a Christian family, he was taught there were only two genders — male and female. Inside, he felt differently, identifying privately as...
Vanuatu PM Kilman lost his MPs ahead of facing no confidence motion today
Pacific News Service
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In the lead-up to today’s no-confidence motion, Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman has experienced a significant loss of support among his Members of Parliament (MPs). Over the past few days, as the motion of no confidence gained momentum, PM...
iBASIS Accelerates Growth Across APAC Through Telstra International Acquisition
The Fast Mode
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September 4, 2025
iBASIS, a leading provider of communications solutions for operators and digital players worldwide, announced it has signed an Asset Sale and Purchase Agreement (APA) with Telstra to acquire Telstra International’s wholesale voice, mobile, and...
'Young Boydie' hits first hole-in-one a week after 92nd birthday
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 3, 2025
A 92-year-old golfer is the talk of his town after hitting his first hole-in-one from more than 100 metres away at Casino Golf Course. Boydie Collyer hit the ball a whopping 117 metres. "It just felt good, when I hit it, it just felt good," he...
Vanuatu man saved by life-saving heart surgery a PSH Hospitals
Fijivillage
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Jean-Yves Galinie with his daughter Jessie Galinie and Son in law Jesse Meo at PSH Hospitals in Nadi. [Image: Supplied] A 62-year-old Jean-Yves Galinie from Vanuatu has undergone a heart bypass surgery at Pacific Specialist Healthcare (PSH...
Victorian company loses court bid to keep pre-Columbian artefact
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 3, 2025
It's a tale worthy of an Indiana Jones saga, involving allegations of looting, archaeology and an ancient civilisation, which has stretched from South America to Melbourne. It all came to a head today in Canberra when Victorian company Palmanova...
Driver fined $2,000 for killing Melbourne student Jack Davey
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 3, 2025
Shaymaa Oun Ghazi Zuhaira left the Melbourne Magistrates Court with a $2,000 fine on Wednesday. But as the magistrate and one of her victims pointed out, the real punishment will be living with the consequences of a split-second mistake that...
Vanuatu and Australia agree to $500 million security, economic pact
Pacific Media Network
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Vanuatu has finalised a strategic pact with Australia, known as the Nakamal Agreement, which is worth A$500 million (NZ$548.16m) over the next 10 years. Vanuatu's government announced on Wednesday in Tanna that its Council of Ministers has...
Vanuatu leads Pacific push for 100 percent renewable energy transition
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 13, 2025
By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia, Samoa – PASIFIKA ENVIRONEWS/PACNEWS Vanuatu is accelerating its shift towards a low-carbon future, integrating the principles of just transition into national energy and climate strategies, with a strong focus on...
Drakes Supermarkets having to ‘import people from Vanuatu’ because Aussies don’t want to work
Sky News Australia
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August 21, 2025
Drakes Supermarkets Director John-Paul Drake has spoken about the store having to employ overseas workers as a result of locals not wanting the job. Drakes Supermarkets operates 60 stores in South Australia and Queensland, employing more than...
Conference marksspirit of tripartism
The Fiji Times
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September 4, 2025
The inaugural Pacific Regional Tripartite Conference was officially opened on Monday by the Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Wailoaloa, Nadi. The event coincided with the 50th anniversary of the International Labour...
First SMART-C Women Fellow begins master’s studies at World Maritime University
Hellenic Shipping News
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September 3, 2025
Filipino maritime professional Ms. Rubina Serrano Badoy, the first to be awarded a fellowship through the IMO-Republic of Korea SMART-C Women Project, is to begin a master’s programme at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden. Ms...
Vanuatu Opposition ready to elect a new PM amidst Loughman boycott
Pacific News Service
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Vanuatu Parliament was not able to topple Prime Minister, Bob Loughman today due to lack of the two third of the 52 members of parliament. There was no quorum this morning due the boycott by Loughman government. Speaker Simeon Seoule has adjourned...
UN top slavery expert concerned with treatment of PALM scheme workers in Australia
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 3, 2025
The United Nations top slavery expert is calling on the Australian Government to do more to protect the rights of Pacific seasonal workers in the country. Special Rapporteur on slavery Professor Tomoya Obokata travelled to Australia last November...
Community And Hospitality At Heart Of PNG Welcome
The National Tribune
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September 4, 2025
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has hosted a welcome barbecue near HMAS Choules, inviting Australian Defence Force personnel and international partners as part of the lead-up to the nation’s 50th Anniversary of Independence (PNG50). The barbecue brought...
New Australia-Vanuatu deal won’t replicate Falepili-style pact, says analyst
Asia Pacific Report
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August 18, 2025
A Pacific analyst and commentator says it is unlikely that Vanuatu will agree to any exclusive rights in the new security and economic pact with Australia.Senior ministers of both countries, including deputy prime ministers Richard Marles and...
New Australia-Vanuatu deal won't replicate Falepili-style agreement - Pacific expert
RNZ
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August 17, 2025
Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel A Pacific analyst and commentator says it is unlikely that Vanuatu will agree...
The world-famous musicians who still call Australia home
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 2, 2025
With the exception of names like our grand Dames of opera, Nellie Melba and Joan Sutherland, Australia's track-record of nurturing talent here at home hasn't always been stellar. Conductor Simone Young, arguably one of Australia's most successful...