What’s the best vaccine for the Pacific?

Up until now, most of our Pacific Island neighbours have done well controlling COVID-19. But as cases surge in some countries, is one vaccine better for these remote communities?

Tackling cervical cancer in the Western Pacific

Researchers at The Kirby Institute will collaborate on a first-of-its-kind program to set Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu on a path to eliminating cervical cancer.

Australia’s evolving guarantee to the South Pacific

Australia is strengthening its security guarantees to the Pacific in the light of Chinese expansion, but the region may be taking this protection for granted in terms of their own policies.

Relationships build resilience in the Indo-Pacific

As we move out of the pandemic, Australia has the opportunity as a middle power to match our rhetoric with practical action. We have the opportunity to become a good neighbour. Let’s not let it pass us by.

ADF health partnerships should be the next step in Australia’s Pacific step-up

An enhanced role for the ADF in regional health security might become a successful example of mutually beneficial partnerships between the ADF and our Pacific neighbours.

The COVID crisis on our doorstep

Our neighbour’s stability and prosperity are in our interests too. There can be no better example of this than the current crisis in PNG.

Pacific Islands Forum: Finding meaning in a ‘typo’?

Recent turmoil in the Pacific Islands Forum has been complicated by the association’s nebulous treaty status.

Fractures from within: What now for the Pacific Islands Forum?

The Micronesian states’ decision to withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum has fractured the esteemed organisation in a deep and potentially disruptive way for Pacific regionalism. The question of where we go from here remains unanswered.

Government focuses on strategic shaping as DFAT drops soft-power review

Until the last decade, Australia was the pre-eminent international media voice in the South Pacific, but we’re falling behind our allies and competitors.

The Pacific Islands Forum can survive this crisis too

The recent split among member states in the Pacific Island Forum is only the latest in a litany of crisis, and certainly does not herald the end of regional cooperation.

Learning from measles to fight coronavirus

The Samoan Government learned some sobering lessons about maintaining confidence in public health during the 2019 measles epidemic which have been applied to the fight against COVID-19.

Covid-19 could bring a telehealth revolution in Fiji

The provision of flexible, adaptable and reusable hardware, software and communication tools, supervised by an suitable regulatory body, could give the people of Fiji greater access to comprehensive, high-quality online healthcare.