To bubble or not to bubble – there are Pacific questions
Monday
18th May
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | It should not come as a surprise to learn that there have been…
Tess Newton Cain
Tracking COVID-19 aid and assistance to Pacific island countries
Thursday
11th June
2020
Griffith Asia Institute launches the Pacific Aid Tracker via the Pacific Hub.
Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu’s election explained
Wednesday
18th March
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Despite the fact there are no confirmed cases COVID-19 in Vanuatu so far, the…
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
9th April
2020
There are now more than 220 confirmed cases across the Pacific Islands region (excluding Australia and New Zealand) and six…
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Thursday
16th April
2020
Infection figures remain low for the Pacific, but they have more than doubled since last week. The World Health Organization…
Vanuatu elects new prime minister as country reels from devastating cyclone
Wednesday
22nd April
2020
Bob Loughman, an MP from the island of Tanna, will become the next prime minister of the south Pacific nation…
How might coronavirus change Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-up’?
Tuesday
28th April
2020
A more sophisticated and nuanced Pacific Step-up that addresses the challenges posed by coronavirus provides Australia with an opportunity to…
Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows
Monday
17th February
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Australian government has spent the past year promoting its “Pacific step-up” as one…
It’s election year in Vanuatu…things could get interesting
Friday
7th February
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came…
Pacific predictions 2020
Friday
24th January
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | As we enter not only a new year but a new decade, there is…