The Latest Breaking News from David Adeang

Australia has announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru that gives Australia a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter with third countries including China

Australia needs to agree to Nauru entering a security or banking agreement with a third country after signing a treaty to prop up the Pacific nation's budget.

Nauru President David Adeang says he isn't pulling his country from the Pacific Islands Forum, while Australia will offer resettlement to Tuvalu residents.

Hopes were high going into this year's retreat that the division of the past two years between Micronesia and the rest of the forum had been put to rest but that isn't the case.

Pacific Islands Forum leaders are set to revisit their unity pact, the Suva Agreement, at their leaders' retreat in the Cook Islands.

Let’s look back on what Australian taxpayer dollars have helped achieve on Manus Island and Nauru.