Oceania

FLNKS says it is seeking advice from the International Court of Justice over the 2021 independence referendum, which the pro-independence party boycotted.

For Australia to be a country that truly values its security, it needs to offer its young, and not-so young, adults the conditions for them to thrive.

When Modi visit countries with significant Indian diasporas, he puts on a stadium performance which serves primarily domestic political aims. 

The warning came in the form of a letter from a defense attache “indicating that the release of the Brereton report and its findings may initiate Leahy Law considerations.”

With the two nations expected to upgrade their relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" this year, Canberra has an obvious choice of "special envoy."

It is critically important for citizens to be able to express their concern about the climate emergency in whatever peaceful way they would like to do so.

Inaugural Co-Chair of the Assembly and Nira illim bulluk man of the Taungurung Nation Marcus Stewart said that the Victoria government can see that a “long-term commitment” for the treaty process is needed. 

Modi is the only leader of the Quad nations to continue with his visit to Australia after U.S. President Joe Biden pulled out of a planned meeting in Sydney.

The New Zealand prime minister's trip included meetings not only with Papua New Guinea PM Marape, but with India's PM Modi and the U.S. secretary of state.

President Biden had to cancel his trip to the Pacific Island country, so Secretary of State Blinken oversaw the signing of new deals with Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, and Palau.

Canberra is also considering whether to take part in joint patrols in the disputed South China Sea.

Biden was set to be the first sitting U.S. president to visit any Pacific Island nation. Not anymore.