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When Pacific leaders consider invoking the Biketawa Declaration, the region’s highest collective crisis framework, last used for the COVID-19 pandemic…

Since the late 2000s, Australia (through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme — PALM) and New Zealand (through the Recognised…

In the practice of immigration law, the world is often defined by the cold, binary reality of statutes and visa…

New Caledonians will go to the polls in coming weeks, to elect three provincial assemblies and the national Congress. The…

This article draws on perspectives the author gathered during field visits in Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea, including via direct…

Development policy depends on data. But collecting data is only the first step. Its real value comes from careful analysis…

Australian aid Ahead of the May budget, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said that the government is assessing options to help…

Kiribati’s inclusion in the second round of Australia’s Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV), marking its first year participating in the scheme,…

When disasters strike, so does displacement. Each year across the Pacific, cyclones, flooding, coastal erosion and storm surges prompt people…

In Fiji, the Social Pension Scheme pension is having a huge impact on reducing poverty, with analysis suggesting poverty among…