Nauru President re-elected amid China controversy and plans for deep sea mining

Just a few months after explaining his government's decision to rekindle diplomatic ties with China, Nauru President David Adeang has been re-elected unopposed in the country's recent election. Nauru's parliament met on Tuesday to discuss the...

Burke says there’s ‘not a magic number’ in immigration debate

“If the opposition want to say they need to get net overseas migration down faster than the 40 per cent drop the government has already done, there needs to be a discussion, not simply about what is the total, [but] what’s the visa class?” he...

Adeang back as Nauru president

NEW Zealand is failing to protect those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in the Pacific islands. A report by human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says discriminatory migration policies tear families apart in New...

Race between Chalmers and Burke pits communicator against tactician

It was a classic "old bull" versus "young bull" struggle, and the old bull showed he had life in him yet. Paul Keating was only one among many critics of the controversial aspects of Treasurer Jim Chalmers' proposed superannuation tax changes. But...

The American obsession with productivity, as observed by a recent Rochester immigrant

The American dream: work hard, look out for yourself and your family, and you’ll make it. You can join the approximately 1135 billionaires that live in the U.S., own fantastic properties, and throw lavish parties. You can become your own Jay...

Master communicator vs master tactician press for the leadership

Master communicator vs master tactician. Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN looks at the leadership race between Jim Chalmers and Tony Burke. It was a classic “old bull” versus “young bull” struggle, and the old bull showed he had life in him...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 10 – 16, 2025

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Everything that’s wrong with this immigration debate

On his London visit last week, after his meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Anthony Albanese shared his thoughts on fighting the far right. Politicians, he said, must keep their promises on economics and immigration. He cited first...

Nauru Airlines back in Suva

WHEN pre-eminent leaders of Fiji and Nauru – the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and Hammer de Roburt – shook hands some 50-plus years ago, ongoing flight connections between the two island nations were established, and continues unabated to this day....

Pacific Islands focus: health and gender inequities, climate updates, and some hope for marine biodiversity

Introduction by Croakey: In breaking news on Thursday, Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a landmark defence agreement with Australia. PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape said the agreement, known as the PukPuk treaty, “will elevate the two...

Australian government extends use of Nauru as a refugee prison

Without any prior public notification or scrutiny, the Australian Labor government has just extended a contract for the running of an asylum seeker prison on the tiny Pacific island of Nauru until at least 2027. Accommodation in the Nauru offshore...

Morning Mail: Alarm at Nauru detention contract price rise; LIV golf course plan threatens Indigenous site; Albanese backs Starmer

Good morning. We lead today with revelations that a US private prisons operator will be paid $790m to hold just over 100 people on Nauru after the government expanded its contract in a decision called “absurd” by critics. In South Australia, a...

‘We had to be bold and innovative to save our economy’: Nauru president

YAREN (Nauru Government/Pacnews) — Nauru President David Adeang has revealed for the first time that when he was elected president three years ago, he received advice from the government’s finance department that the nation was in “serious...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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10 Least Known Countries: Nauru, Tuvalu, Comoros, and More

Most people can rattle off the names of big tourist hotspots. But ask them about the least known countries, and you’ll probably get a blank stare. (And rightfully so: That's a pretty weird question to ask.) These places exist well outside the...

‘We are Micronesia’ declared as Nauru prepares for inaugural Micronesia Festival

Miss Nauru - Charlei Deiye YAREN — Nauru is set to host a celebration of Micronesia through music and pageantry at the inaugural Micronesia Musical Festival and Miss Micronesia Pageant that will run from Oct. 6 to 9, 2025. The major cultural event...

NZYQ member could be sent to Nauru within weeks after fourth visa granted

A fourth member of the so-called NZYQ cohort is back in immigration detention after being issued a Nauruan visa, as the government steams ahead with its plan to deport hundreds of convicted criminals to the tiny island nation. They were taken into...

Why Students Need to Mobilise Against the Racist ‘March For Australia’

The March for Australia anti-immigration rallies on 31st August were used by far-right groups to spew their racism and hatred. These included white nationalist Nazis from the National Socialist Network (NSN). On 19th October there is another...

The perfect storm: Why immigration has become the scapegoat for our age of crisis

We are living through an age of disruption. The post-war consensus that liberal democracy, free markets and open societies were the “only game in town” has been steadily eroded by crisis after crisis. The 9/11 terrorist attack crushed Western...

Phosphate mining ruined Nauru. Can it find its way again?

Imagine being one of the world’s richest countries – but amassing all of that wealth by exploiting a single resource that’s soon to run out. That was the conundrum facing the Pacific island nation of Nauru in the 1970s. Once the world’s top...