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Pacific islands tap Taiwan ally Nauru for next top diplomat

The top Pacific islands diplomatic post will pass to Taiwan ally Nauru next year, the 18-member regional bloc agreed Friday, as it resolved to face climate change and superpower rivalry as a united "family".

Reuters

Pacific Islands Fourm 'one big family' as leaders meet and select new leader amid intense US-China competition

Former Nauru president Baron Waqa is set to take the reins of the Pacific's peak regional body, after a special leaders meeting in Fiji.

ABC News

Stronger Pacific in everyone's interests: Australia

Senator Penny Wong has made her ninth visit to the Pacific, taking in Kiribati and the critical Pacific Islands Forum leaders retreat in Fiji.

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Australia and Fiji prepare to cement reunified Pacific

On his final day as Pacific Islands Forum chair, Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka wants to hand a reunified region to its next leader, Mark Brown of Cook Islands.

AAP

Pacific push to decarbonise the shipping industry

Pacific leaders are being urged to front up to the topic of shipping emissions after submissions for the most ambitious decarbonisation targets yet are publicly released

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Pacific island leaders meet to show unity amid super power competition

Pacific island leaders arrived in Fiji on Thursday for a two-day meeting to formalise the return of Kiribati to the 18-member regional bloc, amid tensions between China and the United States in the strategically located region.

Reuters

Medibank records profit rise despite data breach – as it happened

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Pacific family to reunite in Fiji after forum drama

After a period of disunity, Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka will bring regional leaders together for a special summit of the Pacific Islands Forum.

AAP

Fiji parliament suspends former leader Bainimarama for sedition

Fiji's parliament on Friday evening suspended the Pacific Island nation's long-serving former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama for three years for sedition and insulting the president.

Reuters

Fiji's former prime minister Frank Bainimarama thrown out of parliament, suspended for three years after divisive speech

Former prime minister Frank Bainimarama was suspended after launching a divisive speech in parliament attacking Fiji's president and its new Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

ABC News

Drua show new tricks in Super trial win over Force

Fijian Drua showed patience and an aerial threat to go with their natural ball-running in a 48-38 defeat of Western Force in their final Super Rugby trial.

AAP

Pacific islands welcome back Aussies as Jetstar boosts flights

The Cook Islands, a tiny archipelago nation in the heart of the Pacific, has long been a dream destination for Australian travellers.

The New Daily

Post-mortem confirms Sydney boy electrocuted in Fiji

The death of eight-year-old Sydney schoolboy Cairo Winitana has been ruled an accident after he tragically died of electrocution on a family holiday in Fiji.

AAP

Boy, 8, dies from ‘electrocution’ while on holiday with family at Fiji resort

Tributes pour in for ‘shy, tough little kid’

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Eight-year-old boy who died at Fiji resort believed to have been electrocuted

Cairo Winitana was holidaying with his Sydney family at the Club Wyndham Denarau Island resort

The New Daily

Grieving mother’s heartache as son dies in Fiji resort

The grieving mother of an eight-year-old Sydney boy who died on a family holiday at a popular Fiji resort has spoken out.

AAP

Sydney boy dead in 'tragic accident' on Fiji holiday

Eight-year-old Cairo Winitana was killed while holidaying with his family in Fiji and local police are investigating what went wrong.

ABC News

Eight-year-old Sydney boy electrocuted at Fiji luxury resort

Cairo Winitana, 8, was holidaying with his family when he was found "motionless" near a flower garden at a luxury Fiji resort.

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Afternoon Update: Dutton regrets missing Rudd’s apology, Sydney child dies at Fiji resort, and a superb Super Bowl

Opposition leader uses 15th anniversary of apology to admit he was wrong not to attend

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Eight-year-old from Sydney dies after being found in garden of Fiji resort, police say

Fiji resort spokesperson said the child has died in a ‘tragic accident’ but could not yet comment on the cause of death

Bristol Post

Exclusive: Bristol Bears sign breakout Super Rugby star centre ahead of 2023/24 season

Pat Lam has signed international centre Kalaveti Ravouvou from the Fijian Drua

Wales Online

The corner of Wales named one of the world's best travel destinations

Better than Fiji, Santorini and the Bahamas

The Guardian - AU

The no side in the voice referendum has misread the mood among migrants

My ancestors, who came from India via Fiji, have been given more of a fair go in Australia than Indigenous people

ABC News

Fiji's media veterans recount intimidation under former government, hope new leaders will restore press freedom

For the past decade, Fiji's media has operated under tight restrictions and scrutiny. Journalists recall the brutality of post-coup Fiji and say it's time for the country's controversial Media Act to go.

Reuters

Kiribati to return to Pacific Islands regional group, ending rift

The remote atoll nation of Kiribati said on Monday it would rejoin the Pacific Islands Forum, ending a split that had threatened unity at a time of increased superpower tensions in the strategically-located region.

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