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Open Borders
WNYC - New York
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July 1, 2025
A border is an idea so powerful that we never even have to see it to believe it. Or believe in it. Global borders can be sites of peace and conflict, violence and celebration, opportunity and confinement. And borders as they exist today – which is...
'The arts minister walks into a studio' sounds like a joke. Tony Burke's week was anything but
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 3, 2025
Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. The minister walked into a studio. Add in his three portfolios and on the surface it's classic joke...
Burke concedes preventative detention laws for migrants have failed
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 29, 2025
Laws designed to put certain migrants behind bars if they are deemed to threaten community safety have effectively failed, the immigration minister has conceded. The preventative detention regime was set up in 2023 after the High Court ordered the...
‘Catastrophic failure’: Albanese govt to walk away from preventative detention for NZYQ cohort
Sky News Australia
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June 28, 2025
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has indicated the Albanese government will effectively abandon efforts to use preventative detention measures against the NZYQ cohort of former immigration detainees. Mr Burke told Sky News Sunday Agenda that the...
Dominic Volek on Why Residence and Citizenship Planning Has Become a Strategic Priority for Global Families
Hubbis
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At the Hubbis Wealth Planning & Structuring Forum – Singapore 2025, Dominic Volek, Group Head of Private Clients and Member of the Executive Committee at Henley & Partners, presented a compelling case for why residence and citizenship planning is...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step ahead’
Asia Pacific Report
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July 1, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with the official opening for top leadership from the islands tomorrow...
KALW Almanac - Tuesday July 1, 2025
KALW - California
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Today is Tuesday, the 1st of July of 2025, July 1 is the 182nd day of the year 183 days remain until the end of the year. 83 days until autumn begins Sunrise at 5:51:51 am and sunset will be at 8:35:46 pm. Today we will have 14 hours and 43...
Michaelia Cash urges Albanese to maintain ‘vital’ Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact
The West Australian
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July 1, 2025
Shadow Foreign Minister Michaelia Cash has urged the Albanese Government to maintain Australia’s “vitally important” Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact. Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has refused to ratify the...
It’s time for a Reform Australia Party
The Spectator Australia
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July 1, 2025
Populism has been defined as an approach to politics that pits a champion of the commonfolk against elites. Right-wing populism has often been regarded as anti-expert, anti-intellectual, and anti-globalisation. A major challenge for populist...
Russian Black Sea Fleet Intends to Establish Base in Abkhazia
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Badra Gunba, president of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, has reiterated the region’s intentions to establish a Russian naval base at the Port of Ochamchire on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Moscow sees this move as...
Pacific Ocean Commissioner: Op -ED – Ripples to Waves:
Island Times
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July 1, 2025
By Dr Filimon Manoni, Pacific Ocean Commissioner KOROR, 30 JUNE 2025 (PIFS) — It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for...
Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week
Marianas Variety
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center in Majuro on Monday. Photo by Giff Johnson MAJURO — The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials...
Refugees call for permanent visas on World Refugee Day
Green Left
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June 24, 2025
Refugee rights activists demanded permanent visas for all refugees on World Refugee Day, June 20. The rally at the State Library, organised by the Refugee Action Collective (RAC), demanded permanent visas for the 8000 victims of the failed...
Tjibaou on New Caledonia talks in Paris: “We want to resolve this now”
Islands Business
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June 30, 2025
Koror, Palau-It’s been two weeks since the curtains fell on the third UN Ocean Conference. At this largest ever ocean summit, the Pacific voice echoed as a collective, calling for more global ocean accountability, and offering transformational...
Pressure And Reform: The Future Of Citizenship By Investment
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) By Sam Bayat Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs have increasingly emerged as pivotal economic instruments for countries seeking to diversify their revenue streams and attract foreign capital. While Caribbean...
Explainer: How Does Australia’s World-First Climate Visa for Tuvalu Citizens Work?
Earth.Org
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June 30, 2025
In the face of the “existential threat posed by climate change,” the new visa offers Tuvalu citizens a pathway to permanent residency in Australia. Since mid-June, more than a third of Tuvalu’s population has registered for an online ballot to...
PACIFIC JOURNOS MEET CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL, PRAISE CHINA
Solomon Star
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June 29, 2025
Beijing, China – SIX Pacific Islands journalists met with the Director of the Pacific Island Division, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry on Foreign Affairs, Gu Xinqiang in Beijing and exchanged views within...
Palau welcomes the Pacific
NBC PNG
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Team PNG Flag Bearers Josh Tarere and Thelma Toua at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games with Team PNG Chef De Mission Kinivanagi Karo (left) (Image: Team PNG) In a spectacular opening ceremony of the 2025 Pacific Mini Games last...
Protest inside Parklea prison after Aboriginal inmate dies – as it happened
The Guardian
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June 29, 2025
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned: Sunday, 29 JuneWith that, we will wrap the blog for the afternoon. Thanks so much for reading, and enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Here were today’s major...
Alexander Downer urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to bring back scrapped migrant deportation plan in the United Kingdom
TDPel Media
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June 20, 2025
As the UK continues to grapple with a surge in migrant Channel crossings, a familiar voice from overseas is urging the British government to reconsider a controversial policy. Alexander Downer, the architect of Australia’s hardline approach to...