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THE Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations says it is aware of reports involving a disengaged Fijia...
05/06/2026

THE Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations says it is aware of reports involving a disengaged Fijian worker in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme.

And disengagement has become a priority for the Australian government.

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PACIFIC fisheries officials are moving to shore up compliance with new European Union food-safety rules that could affec...
05/06/2026

PACIFIC fisheries officials are moving to shore up compliance with new European Union food-safety rules that could affect 97 per cent of EU-listed Pacific Island-flagged freezer vessels authorised to export to the bloc.

National Competent Authority officials from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu gathered in Suva this week for a two-week technical training on Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1449, which entered into force on January 27 and introduce tighter requirements for freezer vessels supplying the EU seafood market.

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FIJI has called for faster, simpler and more flexible climate finance for small island states, warning at the Global Env...
05/06/2026

FIJI has called for faster, simpler and more flexible climate finance for small island states, warning at the Global Environment Facility Assembly that the world is moving too slowly as climate risks intensify.

In her address in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Fiji’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Lynda Tabuya, said the world is in a “last sprint toward 2030”, and that small island developing states are trying to do the work of a marathon “we are far from completing.”

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KIRIBATI has secured a seat on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women for the 2026–2030 term, marking a fi...
05/06/2026

KIRIBATI has secured a seat on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women for the 2026–2030 term, marking a first for the atoll nation and a significant diplomatic moment for the wider Pacific.

The election gives Kiribati a place on the UN’s principal intergovernmental body dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment, at a time when Pacific leaders are pushing for stronger recognition of climate-linked social pressures on women and girls.

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FIJI Airways has announced the resumption of direct flights between Nadi and Nadi Nouméa Back Online: Fiji Airways bring...
05/06/2026

FIJI Airways has announced the resumption of direct flights between Nadi and Nadi Nouméa Back Online: Fiji Airways bringing back online a key regional link starting September 22.

The twice-weekly service will operate every Tuesday and Friday using Fiji Link’s ATR 72-600 aircraft, adding more than 10,000 seats annually between Fiji and New Caledonia.

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ECONOMIC shocks, climate impacts and global instability are increasing hardship across the Pacific, Solomon Islands Mini...
05/06/2026

ECONOMIC shocks, climate impacts and global instability are increasing hardship across the Pacific, Solomon Islands Minister for Women, Children, Youth and Family Affairs John Maneniaru said at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders Meeting in Suva.

Women, girls, youth and people with disabilities, he said, were carrying the heaviest burden.

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TUVALU is often described as a place on the edge of rising seas, of climate catastrophe, of disappearing altogether. But...
05/06/2026

TUVALU is often described as a place on the edge of rising seas, of climate catastrophe, of disappearing altogether.

But listen to its youngest citizens, and they will tell you that there are equally important and pertinent issues worthy of attention: unemployment, unequal development, and a growing sense that their voices are not really being heard.

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THE last plane of the day has taken off and within minutes the airport runway transforms.Children race each other across...
05/06/2026

THE last plane of the day has taken off and within minutes the airport runway transforms.

Children race each other across the tarmac. Volleyball teams appear. Families roll out mats and gather to talk. Laughter fills the air where aircraft engines roared only moments earlier.

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THE partnership between Pacific Fishing Company and Island Solar Fiji is being promoted as an energy transition and a pr...
05/06/2026

THE partnership between Pacific Fishing Company and Island Solar Fiji is being promoted as an energy transition and a practical employment and training opportunity for Fiji’s eastern island of Ovalau.

Island Solar Fiji Founder and Director Rob Manson and Managing Director Eddy May said the project would create jobs during construction and commissioning, while also opening the door to longer-term work in operations and maintenance once the system is running.

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TUVALU Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for a stronger global response that treats climate action and ocean manageme...
05/06/2026

TUVALU Prime Minister Feleti Teo has called for a stronger global response that treats climate action and ocean management as one agenda, warning that low-lying island states can no longer afford to plan for the two separately.

Addressing the Climate Resilience Plenary at the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo, Teo said Tuvalu is already facing the effects of sea-level rise and warming oceans in daily life.

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