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Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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4 major trends shaping today’s oncology market
BioPharma Dive
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Solomon Islands takes bold step to raise marriage age to 18
Pacific Media Network
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The Solomon Islands government is set to raise the legal marriage age from 15 to 18, aligning it with the voting age and international child protection standards. A joint report by international charities, Save the Children, ChildFund, and World...
Will Australia's shift on Palestinian state impact our alliances in the region?
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
Australia's move to recognise a Palestinian state marks a historic shift in its policy and brings it in line with many of its South-East Asian neighbours. However, Australia's decision goes against many of its Pacific neighbours to the east, who...
UN urges Australian government to halt deportation of man to Nauru
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 5, 2025
The United Nations has urged Australia to halt plans to deport a man to Nauru while it investigates the human rights implications of his case. Australia is seeking to deport three people released under the NZYQ decision to the tiny Pacific nation...
Nauru made the right decision to develop China relationship, official says
Marianas Variety
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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Nauruan President David Adeang in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, March 25, 2024. CGTN photo (Government of Nauru) —...
Nauru made the right decision to develop China relationship: President Adeang
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 31, 2025
Nauru President David Adeang says the government’s decision in January 2024 to re-establish diplomatic relations with China has paid great dividends for the nation, and told Nauruans to expect more economic prosperity. Speaking during his recent...
A new chapter in Australia’s shameful history of cruel offshore detentions
Crikey
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August 13, 2025
Our system relies on indefinite detention, harsh visa regimes and neo-colonial arrangements with Pacific nations — and the Albanese government is keen to flex its muscles. Nauru flags in Nauru (Image: AAP/Jason Oxenham) Australia’s detention camps...
PM Rabuka to skip Pacific Foreign Ministers meet today
The Fiji Times
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August 13, 2025
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sitiveni Rabuka will not attend todays Pacific Foreign Ministers meeting in Suva. The Pacific Islands Forum has confirmed Fiji will be represented by Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Special Envoy of the...
‘What choice have I got?’: Lana built a life in Australia after years on Nauru – but now faces returning to the Iran she fled to keep it
The Guardian
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August 1, 2025
Lana and Scott* met in torrential rain: she was waiting for a bus, he offered her a lift. “We just kicked it off,” Scott remembers of the chance meeting on Nauru in 2015. He was a senior manager in construction, building Australia’s offshore...
Nauru could earn millions after backing U.S deep sea mining pathway
Island Times
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July 22, 2025
KINGSTON/YAREN (RNZ PACIFIC) — Nauru is a step closer to mining in international waters under highly contentious United States legislation. The path has been set out in the nation’s new agreement with Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC)...
Nauru bids for DSM permit
Islands Business
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July 22, 2025
280 Tuvalu citizens will be granted permanent residency each year as part of a landmark pact with Australia. But for some, the offer is bitter-sweet, as their island-home disappears. Tupa and Lailega have raised their family in Brisbane, but...
Trump's cruelest immigration crackdown policies came from Australia
MSNBC
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July 27, 2025
Barely a week into his first term as president in 2017, Donald Trump found inspiration in an unlikely moment: a combative phone call he held with one of America’s closest allies. In his first-ever conversation as president with Australia’s...
Nauru could earn millions after backing US deep sea mining pathway
RNZ
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July 17, 2025
The Metals Company Photo: Facebook / The Metals Company Nauru is a step closer to mining in international waters under highly contentious United States legislation. The path has been set out in the nation's new agreement with Canadian mining group...
WELCOMING SMILES OR DISMISSIVE FROWNS? – The UK, the promised land for refugees
Europe Diplomatic Magazine
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August 12, 2025
Migrants crossing the English Channel in unauthorised attempts to reach the United Kingdom © Gov.UK The arrival of small boats bringing would-be migrants from France to the UK continues to raise eyebrows as well as big political problems for the...
US immigration policy echoes approaches tried before in Australia, Britain and elsewhere
The New Zealand Herald
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July 16, 2025
They included countries where officials have not provided “diplomatic assurances” that migrants will be safe, and with as little as six hours’ notice. A Supreme Court ruling this month cleared the way for the policy. What is a ‘third country’?...
Open Letter to Israel Foreign Minister Sa’ar
Common Dreams
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August 11, 2025
H.E. Gideon Sa’ar Foreign Minister Government of Israel August 9, 2025 Dear Mr. Minister, I write to you following your speech at the United Nations Security Council on August 5. I attended the session but did not have the chance to speak with you...
Australia and Vanuatu close to signing Nakamal Agreement worth $500m
Pacific News Service
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Australia and Vanuatu are close to signing an “ambitious” new strategic pact that will see the federal government plough about half a billion dollars into the Pacific island country over the next decade. Vanuatu’s Council of Ministers is widely...
Australia close to signing 'ambitious' pact with Vanuatu worth $500m
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 11, 2025
Australia and Vanuatu are close to signing an "ambitious" new strategic pact that will see the federal government plough about half a billion dollars into the Pacific island country over the next decade. Vanuatu's Council of Ministers is widely...
Pacific news in brief for 12 August
RNZ
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August 11, 2025
The Pacific Islands Forum 'family photo' for 2024. Photo: RNZ/ Anneke Smith PIF - Taiwan Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to allow for its participation at next month's meeting. In response to a...