And yet, despite knowing this & so much more, the Labor govt went ahead with the North West Shelf extension
💀 ⚰️ ☠️ ⚰️ 💀
#auspol #pacpol #climateImpact #pacificImpact
💀 ⚰️ ☠️ ⚰️ 💀
#auspol #pacpol #climateImpact #pacificImpact
Strong statement from Tuvalu on the threat that North West Shelf represents to our Pacific neighbours.
What a pack of greedy arseholes we'd be if we approve this monster out to 2070.
Via @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
fossilfueltreaty.org/north-west-s...
What a pack of greedy arseholes we'd be if we approve this monster out to 2070.
Via @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
fossilfueltreaty.org/north-west-s...
May 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
And yet, despite knowing this & so much more, the Labor govt went ahead with the North West Shelf extension
💀 ⚰️ ☠️ ⚰️ 💀
#auspol #pacpol #climateImpact #pacificImpact
💀 ⚰️ ☠️ ⚰️ 💀
#auspol #pacpol #climateImpact #pacificImpact
Whoa 😮
“The same source alleged that 1 of the suspects managed to sell over 60 diplomatic passports [at approx $200K each].
There are allegations that NONE of the funds collected through the alleged sales were channelled through the government treasury under the Dept of Finance”
#pacpol
“The same source alleged that 1 of the suspects managed to sell over 60 diplomatic passports [at approx $200K each].
There are allegations that NONE of the funds collected through the alleged sales were channelled through the government treasury under the Dept of Finance”
#pacpol
“'It has come to my attention that certain leaders within the government, acting in their capacity as State Ministers, have knowingly and willfully disregarded the due diligence process, thereby committing the alleged issuance of diplomatic passports and abusing their powers...'"
Three alleged false identities, Honorary citizenship, and a Vanuatu diplomatic passport
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition Ishmael Kalsakau is preparing to lodge a police complaint concerning the alleged improper issuance of diplomatic passports to Han Hans YQ, who holds the position of…
islandsbusiness.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Whoa 😮
“The same source alleged that 1 of the suspects managed to sell over 60 diplomatic passports [at approx $200K each].
There are allegations that NONE of the funds collected through the alleged sales were channelled through the government treasury under the Dept of Finance”
#pacpol
“The same source alleged that 1 of the suspects managed to sell over 60 diplomatic passports [at approx $200K each].
There are allegations that NONE of the funds collected through the alleged sales were channelled through the government treasury under the Dept of Finance”
#pacpol
#AusPol #NZPol #PacPol
#NewZealand #Wellington #Councils #IndigenousRights #Threat #Waitangi #Treaty #Opposed
#NewZealand #Wellington #Councils #IndigenousRights #Threat #Waitangi #Treaty #Opposed
The bill threatens to shake the founding document of Aotearoa. It's the latest in a series of hostile policy actions targeting Māori by the coalition government. I'm proud we had a strong majority to oppose this ridiculous bill. #nzpol
December 17, 2024 at 11:25 AM
#pacpol #Atlantic #Pacific #Islands #IndigenousRights #Hawaii #US #Colony #history #assumption #dangerous #permanent #question
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup destroyed Hawai‘i’s sovereign government. “The story of the overthrow,” @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes, “is not really the story of Hawai‘i. It is the story of America. It is the story of how dangerous it is to assume that anything is permanent”: theatln.tc/40ngw8p8
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
#pacpol #auspol #canpol #nzpol #ukpol #uspol #test #Australia #Canada #Pacific #UK #USA #Wales #Fiji #Samoa #Rugby #Women
Australia
Rugby Australia has released the 2025 (home and away) test schedule for the Wallaroos!
Australia's women's team will play seven tests in the lead-up to the 2025 Rugby World Cup, including an away game v Fiji & two home tests v Wales.
🔗 wallaroos.rugby/news/wallaro...
Rugby Australia has released the 2025 (home and away) test schedule for the Wallaroos!
Australia's women's team will play seven tests in the lead-up to the 2025 Rugby World Cup, including an away game v Fiji & two home tests v Wales.
🔗 wallaroos.rugby/news/wallaro...
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Interference in micro-nation politics to undermine the historic Climate Change case at International Court of Justice is likely to result in what in the Pacific?
www.reuters.com/business/env...
#pacpol #usapol #ClimateChange #asiapol #auspol #nzpol #canpol #eupol #mexpol #indiapol #UN #ICC #ICJ
www.reuters.com/business/env...
#pacpol #usapol #ClimateChange #asiapol #auspol #nzpol #canpol #eupol #mexpol #indiapol #UN #ICC #ICJ
a woman is standing in front of a blackboard with the words `` who is interested in what '' .
ALT: a woman is standing in front of a blackboard with the words `` who is interested in what '' .
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:46 AM
#Australia #World #Leaders #HumanRights #TheWorldIsWatching #RightHereRightNow #ClimateChange #Justice #ICJ
Fatboy Slim ft Greta Thunberg - Right Here, Right Now
(Live at Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2020)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjD-...
#ClimateChange #Politics #Asiapol #Auspol #EUpol #NZpol #Pacpol
Fatboy Slim ft Greta Thunberg - Right Here, Right Now
(Live at Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2020)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjD-...
#ClimateChange #Politics #Asiapol #Auspol #EUpol #NZpol #Pacpol
December 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
#Australia #World #Leaders #HumanRights #TheWorldIsWatching #RightHereRightNow #ClimateChange #Justice #ICJ
Fatboy Slim ft Greta Thunberg - Right Here, Right Now
(Live at Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2020)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjD-...
#ClimateChange #Politics #Asiapol #Auspol #EUpol #NZpol #Pacpol
Fatboy Slim ft Greta Thunberg - Right Here, Right Now
(Live at Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2020)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjD-...
#ClimateChange #Politics #Asiapol #Auspol #EUpol #NZpol #Pacpol
We are on the ground in #Vanuatu, working alongside the Government and local partners to provide lifesaving support to affected communities.
With your generosity, we can continue to deliver urgent supplies to children and their families during emergencies and help them to recover and rebuild.
With your generosity, we can continue to deliver urgent supplies to children and their families during emergencies and help them to recover and rebuild.
December 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM
The Journal of Pacific Archaeology is an international peer-reviewed, electronic journal that publishes research on the archaeology of the islands and continental margins of the Pacific Ocean
pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/jo...
#auspol #pacpol #Pacific #migration #pathway #journalist #sea
pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/jo...
#auspol #pacpol #Pacific #migration #pathway #journalist #sea
a cartoon character is holding a map and saying `` lets see '' .
ALT: a cartoon character is holding a map and saying `` lets see '' .
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:35 AM
The Journal of Pacific Archaeology is an international peer-reviewed, electronic journal that publishes research on the archaeology of the islands and continental margins of the Pacific Ocean
pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/jo...
#auspol #pacpol #Pacific #migration #pathway #journalist #sea
pacificarchaeology.org/index.php/jo...
#auspol #pacpol #Pacific #migration #pathway #journalist #sea
#AusPol #EUPol #NZpol#PacPol #Pacific #Islands #NewCaledonia #OnTheBrink #France #Justice #Indigenous #NativeTitle #Claim #Colonialism
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/16/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/16/m...
Much at stake for a New Caledonia on the brink
From the University of Auckland - Opinion: The fall of the French government could have dire consequences for New Caledonia, which is teetering on the brink of economic collapse, despite the appointme...
newsroom.co.nz
December 17, 2024 at 12:29 PM
#Auspol #PacPol
#Pacific #PapuaNewGuinea #ClimateChange #War #Refugees #Australia #Support #Further #Insecurity
#Pacific #PapuaNewGuinea #ClimateChange #War #Refugees #Australia #Support #Further #Insecurity
Asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea will be stripped of government-provided housing and healthcare under a new deal that forces them to cover all living expenses with a single allowance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
PNG asylum seekers stripped of government-provided housing under new deal
The asylum seekers were sent to PNG more than a decade ago under an offshore processing deal with Australia, which has since ended.
www.abc.net.au
December 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM
#Auspol #Asiapol #China #NZPol #PacPol
#Pacific #NewZealand #Chinese #Engagement #Police #Culture #Questioned
#Pacific #NewZealand #Chinese #Engagement #Police #Culture #Questioned
Thirty-three New Zealand police staff went on a private “cultural competency” trip to China which critics say was actually “political tourism”. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
December 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
#auspol #UKpol #NZpol #Pacpol #BBC #UK
#Pacific #NewZealand #HumanRights #Questioned #AnimalRights #Important #DogRacing #Ban
#Pacific #NewZealand #HumanRights #Questioned #AnimalRights #Important #DogRacing #Ban
December 17, 2024 at 11:27 AM
#Auspol #EUpol #France #UKpol #USApol #Pacpol
#Pacific #Islands #Melanesia #Vanuatu
#Citizens #Ignored #Colonial #Political #Focus #Embassy #UK #USA
#Pacific #Islands #Melanesia #Vanuatu
#Citizens #Ignored #Colonial #Political #Focus #Embassy #UK #USA
Strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu
Footage on social media shows collapsed buildings and other infrastructure damage. The US embassy in Port Vila is among the damaged buildings.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Footage on social media shows collapsed buildings and other infrastructure damage. The US embassy in Port Vila is among the damaged buildings.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu
The number of casualties is unknown, while footage online shows collapsed buildings and damaged cars.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:14 AM
#pacpol #Pacific #Islands #Vanuatu #Political #Disaster #Recovery #EarthQuake2024 #Spotlights #ClimateChange #Justice #ICC
I wrote about how the tiny island nation of Vanuatu has put the industrialized world on trial: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The International Court of Justice Takes On Climate Change
Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The Hague.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:08 AM
#auspol #mexpol #pacpol #Archeological #Evidence #Polynesia #Tonga #Micronesia #Pohnpei #Chilli #EasterIsland #RapaNui #Cultural #Treasures #Pacific #Islands #IndigenousRights #Exhibit #Advanced #Political #Organization
archaeology.org/news/2024/06...
archaeology.org/news/2024/06...
News - Traces of an Ancient City Discovered on a Pacific Island - Archaeology Magazine
NUKU’ALOFA, KINGDOM OF TONGA—ABC News Australia reports that traces of an ancient city in the […]
archaeology.org
December 17, 2024 at 11:02 AM
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit near Port Vila, Vanuatu, according to the US Geological Survey aje.io/7qi5ri
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Vanuatu capital
Tsunami threat has passed for nearby islands after earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital Porta Vila.
aje.io
December 17, 2024 at 10:51 AM
U.S. Territories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesH...
Citizens residing on Guam can not vote for president and their congressional representative is a non-voting member
#pacpol #Japan #US #Pacific #Military #Transfer #Occupy #Guam #Temporary #Territories #Samoa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesH...
Citizens residing on Guam can not vote for president and their congressional representative is a non-voting member
#pacpol #Japan #US #Pacific #Military #Transfer #Occupy #Guam #Temporary #Territories #Samoa
December 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
U.S. Territories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesH...
Citizens residing on Guam can not vote for president and their congressional representative is a non-voting member
#pacpol #Japan #US #Pacific #Military #Transfer #Occupy #Guam #Temporary #Territories #Samoa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CesH...
Citizens residing on Guam can not vote for president and their congressional representative is a non-voting member
#pacpol #Japan #US #Pacific #Military #Transfer #Occupy #Guam #Temporary #Territories #Samoa
Snap Election Vanuatu Court Decision on Conflicts of Interests
nit.com.au/14-12-2024/1...
Third election in four years for this Island Nation a ruling showed the dismissal "breached natural justice" by "denying the electoral college the right to deliberate and vote"
#pacpol #Vanuatu #Election2024
nit.com.au/14-12-2024/1...
Third election in four years for this Island Nation a ruling showed the dismissal "breached natural justice" by "denying the electoral college the right to deliberate and vote"
#pacpol #Vanuatu #Election2024
Snap election go-ahead as Vanuatu court okays powerplay
Vanuatu's top court has dismissed a constitutional challenge to the dissolution of the nation's parliament, clearing the way for a snap election.Voters will go to the polls on January 14 after the Sup...
nit.com.au
December 14, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Snap Election Vanuatu Court Decision on Conflicts of Interests
nit.com.au/14-12-2024/1...
Third election in four years for this Island Nation a ruling showed the dismissal "breached natural justice" by "denying the electoral college the right to deliberate and vote"
#pacpol #Vanuatu #Election2024
nit.com.au/14-12-2024/1...
Third election in four years for this Island Nation a ruling showed the dismissal "breached natural justice" by "denying the electoral college the right to deliberate and vote"
#pacpol #Vanuatu #Election2024
Australia Controls Nauru Veto
www.sbs.com.au/news/video/a...
A colonial treaty which will see the Federal Government give more than $140 million to the Pacific nation in exchange for veto power over Nauru's infrastructure projects and security
#pacpol #Pacific #Nauru #Australian #Colonial #Project
www.sbs.com.au/news/video/a...
A colonial treaty which will see the Federal Government give more than $140 million to the Pacific nation in exchange for veto power over Nauru's infrastructure projects and security
#pacpol #Pacific #Nauru #Australian #Colonial #Project
Australia and Nauru sign historic treaty agreement
Australia and Nauru have struck a landmark treaty which will see the Federal Government give more than $140 million in budget and security support to the Pacific nation, in exchange for veto power ove...
www.sbs.com.au
December 14, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Australia Controls Nauru Veto
www.sbs.com.au/news/video/a...
A colonial treaty which will see the Federal Government give more than $140 million to the Pacific nation in exchange for veto power over Nauru's infrastructure projects and security
#pacpol #Pacific #Nauru #Australian #Colonial #Project
www.sbs.com.au/news/video/a...
A colonial treaty which will see the Federal Government give more than $140 million to the Pacific nation in exchange for veto power over Nauru's infrastructure projects and security
#pacpol #Pacific #Nauru #Australian #Colonial #Project
Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption No Files Stolen
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
FICAC confirms that no investigation files, including those related to Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and seven other Ministers, were taken during the break-in
#pacpol #Pacific #Fiji #FICAC
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
FICAC confirms that no investigation files, including those related to Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and seven other Ministers, were taken during the break-in
#pacpol #Pacific #Fiji #FICAC
Fiji's anti-corruption chief allegedly went drinking and night-swimming with a judge. It's not the strangest thing about this story
Dramatic developments at Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption reveal broader teething problems with the country's transition from dictatorship to democracy.
www.abc.net.au
December 14, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption No Files Stolen
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
FICAC confirms that no investigation files, including those related to Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and seven other Ministers, were taken during the break-in
#pacpol #Pacific #Fiji #FICAC
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...
FICAC confirms that no investigation files, including those related to Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad and seven other Ministers, were taken during the break-in
#pacpol #Pacific #Fiji #FICAC
Maritime Safety and Pollution in Paradise
www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/bond-pr...
MSAF is seeking over $1 million to scuttle and salvage 34 abandoned vessels, most of which are fishing boats, that have become a problem in the harbour
#pacpol #Fiji #Pacific #Bond #Boat #Harbour #Environmental #Pollution
www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/bond-pr...
MSAF is seeking over $1 million to scuttle and salvage 34 abandoned vessels, most of which are fishing boats, that have become a problem in the harbour
#pacpol #Fiji #Pacific #Bond #Boat #Harbour #Environmental #Pollution
Bond proposal to tackle Suva harbour boat crisis
www.fbcnews.com.fj
December 14, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Maritime Safety and Pollution in Paradise
www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/bond-pr...
MSAF is seeking over $1 million to scuttle and salvage 34 abandoned vessels, most of which are fishing boats, that have become a problem in the harbour
#pacpol #Fiji #Pacific #Bond #Boat #Harbour #Environmental #Pollution
www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/bond-pr...
MSAF is seeking over $1 million to scuttle and salvage 34 abandoned vessels, most of which are fishing boats, that have become a problem in the harbour
#pacpol #Fiji #Pacific #Bond #Boat #Harbour #Environmental #Pollution
One of my images made it to the front page of yesterday’s PRINT edition of the Fiji Sun!
#Photography #SportsPhotography #sports #print #newspaper
“Our netball men claim Merlion Cup”
#Photography #SportsPhotography #sports #print #newspaper
“Our netball men claim Merlion Cup”
December 14, 2024 at 8:15 AM