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Morning Mail: Optus faces outage fallout, sharehouses surge in housing crisis, Ivanka Trump testifies

The network outage is the latest setback for the telco after last year’s huge data breach, while cost of living crisis is causing a change in living arrangements

The Guardian - AU

Caramel Brownie reports for Kiwi duty at PIF

New Zealand is being represented at the Pacific Islands Forum summit this week by two politicians of opposite stripes: Carmel Sepuloni and Gerry Brownlee.

AAP

Pacific Islands Forum: what is it and why does it matter?

Climate change and rising strategic competition among issues facing leaders at region’s most important political gathering

The Guardian - AU

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Both the US and Australia are adamant the Pacific "matters". But only one is really moving the dial

Just before the second summit between the US and the Pacific Islands Forum at the White House in September, the US hosts took Pacific leaders to an American football game. One, however, was conspicuously absent: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Congress chaos after House Republican speaker ousted; temporary migrants being exploited; and New Zealand’s hottest September on record

Republican Matt Gaetz leads move to unseat Kevin McCarthy after outrage over deal to avoid US government shutdown

The Guardian - AU

Pacific Islands Forum head says yes vote on Indigenous voice would ‘elevate Australia’ on world stage

Henry Puna’s intervention comes after Vanuatu’s ex-foreign minister said a no win on 14 October would be a blow to Australia’s relationships with region

The Guardian - AU

Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific

Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used in other ways instead, writes Robert Richmond

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‘We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when their land disappears

Small island countries press for guarantees as rising sea levels risk leaving their citizens stateless

The Guardian - UK

S Korea, Pacific Islands to boost ties after first-ever summit

Inaugural Korea-Pacific Islands Summit comes amid Seoul’s concerns over China’s growing influence in Indo-Pacific.

Al Jazeera

Japan needs to release 1 million tonnes of water from its stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean

Operators of the Fukushima nuclear power plant are set to release treated wastewater into the ocean. But already Japanese authorities are facing a barrage of criticism from fishermen.

ABC News

Biden calls Papua leader Marape after cancelling meeting

U.S. President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape on Thursday after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation to tell him Secretary of State Antony Blinken would travel in his place, the two leaders said.

Reuters

US President Joe Biden to visit Papua New Guinea on his way to Australia

On his way to Australia for the Quad meeting in Sydney next month, United States President Joe Biden could make a historic visit to Port Moresby as the US intensifies its diplomatic push across the Pacific.

ABC News

Pacific blitz continues with New Caledonia, Tuvalu trip

All Pacific Islands Forum nations will have received Australia's top diplomat by the end of the week with Penny Wong set to visit New Caledonia and Tuvalu.

AAP

Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific

Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used in other ways instead.

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