Labor’s foreign policy is for an outward-looking Australia Editors' Picks Paul Keating’s famous statement, “if you change the government you change the country” is nowhere more apparent right now than in the foreign policy approach
Australia sends money for Tonga’s long-term reconstruction, support for government services April 11, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal A reconstruction and recovery aid package for Tonga worth $16 million will be added to the $3 million Australia has donated for Operation Tonga Assist
World Bank tallies cost of volcano eruption in Tonga February 15, 2022 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Tonga suffered economic damage totalling an estimated US$90.4 million following the eruption of a submarine volcano that caused a Tsunami and ashfall in January. According
Navy ship delivers ‘contactless’ aid to Tonga despite crew COVID outbreak January 28, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal An Australian naval ship has rushed humanitarian and medical supplies to Tonga in the wake of a devastating eruption despite an outbreak of coronavirus infecting
Premium Expert briefings Australia cannot afford to rely on foreign satellites, AAS warns January 20, 2022 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Some of the country’s leading scientists have warned that access to data from nationally owned Earth-observation satellites will be critical for a future in which
Three people confirmed dead following Tonga eruption January 19, 2022 By Jackson Graham Federal Three people have died in Tonga following a volcanic eruption at the weekend that generated tidal waves that swept across the country’s islands. Tonga’s government
Tonga accepts Australian offer of surveillance flight following tsunami January 17, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence The Australian Defence Force has sent a Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft to Tonga following an undersea volcanic eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano at
Solomon Islands arrivals to boost Australia’s critical workforce need November 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry The federal government has urged state and territory counterparts to opt into a Pacific workforce scheme, as Australia welcomes the first group of quarantine-free workers
PIF representative reflects on painful legacy of nuclear testing, calls for disarmament September 30, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) representative Dr Satyendra Prasad said he was concerned about the more than 13,000 nuclear weapons around the world, many of which
