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A New Pacific Reset? Why NZ must prioritise climate change and labour mobility

The frequent use of the term “shared values” to describe developments in the Pacific tends to obscure a distinct shift in New Zealand and Australian relations with their Pacific partners over the past two decades.

The Conversation

Vanuatu calls on Australia to back its UN bid to recognise climate change harm

Pacific islands urge new Labor government to support push for international court of justice to issue climate advisory opinion

The Guardian - AU

In the Solomon Islands, Wong takes first tentative steps in repairing a strained relationship

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…

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Solomons PM tells Australia there will be no China military base

Australia welcomed reassurances from the Solomon Islands that it would not allow China to install a military base on its territory, helping to assuage concerns about Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific region.

Tribune News Service

Thaw or cold war: will Labor succeed in unfreezing Australia-China relations?

The new government has struck a different tone with Beijing but the same difficult problems – from trade to the Indo-Pacific – remain

The Guardian - AU

Former minister hits out at Coalition’s ‘policy of appeasement’ towards China

Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says warnings about China’s influence were ignored and blasts NSW Liberals over preselections

The Guardian - AU

Australian minister visits Solomons to counter China

Australia’s new foreign minister has visited the Solomon Islands to assure the South Pacific island nation it does not need a security pact with China

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Australia supports Solomons' vaccines push

Australia has announced further health support for the Solomon Islands, as Foreign Minister Penny Wong visits the nation's capital Honiara.

AAP

Solomon Islands seeks to reassure Australia on China security deal, Penny Wong announces 200,000 paediatric vaccines

Solomon Islands' Prime Minister seeks to reassure Australia there will not be a military base in the Pacific island nation, after Foreign Minister Penny Wong touches down in Honiara.

ABC News

Australia's foreign minister in Solomon Islands to discuss security concerns

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with the Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday, the first visit to Honiara by the new Australian government amid concern over its Pacific neighbour's security pact with China.

Reuters

Marles shifts tone on China at defence summit – but the early days of government are easiest

In its first month in power, foreign policy and national security have played a major part of the new government’s activities.

The Conversation

Wong turns the page as trans-Tasman ministers face regional challenges

Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong has flagged a less pugilistic approach to China, and greater scope for collaboration with New Zealand, in a flying visit to Aotearoa.

Newsroom.co.nz

Australia has ground to make up on climate change - foreign minister

New Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday that her visit to the Solomon Islands this week as well as trips to other countries in the region were due to her belief that Australia had ground to make up on the issue of climate change.

Reuters

Australian minister visits New Zealand during Pacific trip

Australia’s new foreign minister has made New Zealand the first stop on her third Pacific trip in a month as Canberra steps up efforts to counter China’s growing influence in the region

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese government urged to keep focus on human rights as it rebuilds relationships in Asia

Thawing diplomatic relations with China shouldn’t mean ‘taking a backwards step with Beijing’, Human Rights Watch says

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong to meet Solomon Islands PM in effort to mend ties after China deal

Foreign affairs minister will first fly to New Zealand for talks with her counterpart Nanaia Mahuta

ABC News

Penny Wong to visit New Zealand, Solomon Islands amid concern over climate change, China security pact

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to New Zealand and Solomon Islands this week to discuss climate change and regional security, in her third visit to the Pacific since being sworn in last month.

Reuters

Australia's foreign minister Wong to travel to Solomon Islands amid concern over China security pact

Australia's foreign minister will travel to the Solomon Islands on Friday to meet with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare amid concern over the regional impact of a security deal between the Pacific islands nation and China.

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AAP

Foreign minister to visit Solomons, NZ

Penny Wong will make her first visits to New Zealand and the Solomon Islands as foreign minister as Australia continues to increase its focus on the Pacific.

The Guardian - AU

Australia raises concerns about ‘human rights abuses’ after failing to back US-led statement on Israel

Former foreign minister Gareth Evans says Albanese government’s decision to outline its own position sends ‘very clear message’

The Guardian - AU

Australia demands end to ‘unjustified trade strikes’ after China ends diplomatic freeze

Penny Wong says dialogue is in the interests of both countries but government will ‘always stand up for Australia’s values’

Al Jazeera

China’s military buildup needs to be transparent: Australia

Richard Marles tells Al Jazeera China’s military build-up is the most ambitious since the end of World War II.

The Independent UK

Australia, New Zealand unite on China's Pacific threat

Australia’s prime minister says after a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart that the two nations are in lockstep in their policies toward the Pacific islands, where China's influence is growing

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Nadesalingams release gives hope, Britons sentenced to death, the ‘triple La Niña’

Friday: Biloela to welcome family of Tamil asylum seekers as others look for an end to indefinite detention. Plus: tips to revive your social life

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Debate over 'brain drain' as Malaysia cheers election of Penny Wong, Sam Lim in Australia

Malaysians express pride as Penny Wong and Sam Lim are successful in the federal election, but some say it highlights a lack of opportunity for ethnic minorities in Malaysia.

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