- New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he is concerned about recent events in Nauru, including the arrest of members of the Opposition following a protest last week, saying that a response from NZ and Australia is warranted but that it doesn't need to be 'absolutely coordinated'.
- New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully plans to raise these concerns with Nauru President Baron Waqa when the foreign ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum member countries meet in Sydney on Friday.
- In an interview with Pacific Beat, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Dame Meg Taylor explains that the Biketawa Declaration would allow the PIF to intervene in Nauru.
- PNG's former Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki has been sentenced to three years jail for failing to arrest PNG's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill last year.
- Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced investigations into the scandal provoked by the recent SBS Dateline program which alleged that the proceeds of corruption in Papua New Guinea were being laundered through Australia.
- Brendan Rigby for the Aus-PNG Network on how complementary basic education programs could be used to provide education to out-of-school children in PNG.
- A new study in Nature Climate Change estimates the potentially huge costs for Pacific Island nations of the loss of coastal infrastructure threatened by climate change.
- After months of anticipation, the Pacific Games have opened in Port Moresby. O'Neill took the opportunity to reflect on how the Games were setting a new standard for the Pacific:
Pacific Island links: Nauru, PIF Foreign Ministers meeting, PNG corruption, Pacific Games and more
Published 8 Jul 2015
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