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Ben McKay

Australia signs surprise pact with climate-hit Tuvalu

Tuvalu citizens will be granted a special pathway to come to Australia to escape climate impacts. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia has signed a "groundbreaking" treaty with Tuvalu to offer citizens of the climate change-threatened nation the chance to build lives in Australia.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement in the Cook Islands on Friday alongside Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum.

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