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Pacific links: Trade deals, French elections, malaria in PNG and more

Harriet Smith
Aiyura, Papua New Guinea (Photo: Flickr/Moss)
Aiyura, Papua New Guinea (Photo: Flickr/Moss)
Published 26 Apr 2017 17:31   0 Comments  
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  • After eight years, negotiations for PACER Plus have concluded with Fiji and PNG dropping out of the trade agreement.
     
  • Voters in the French Pacific have flouted mainland voting trends, with turnout at a record low.
     
  • The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has published 'Crowded and Complex: The Changing Geopolitics of the South Pacific', a report by ANU's Joanne Wallis.
     
  • The suspected double murder of a Chinese couple in the Solomon Islands over the Easter weekend has shocked the community, who came together to march in protest over the deaths.
     
  • Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's account of the Manus Island detention centre shooting has been disputed by the PNG police.
     
  • Read this longread from Cosmos Magazine on the fight to eradicate malaria in Papua New Guinea, and the medical and social implications of the disease.
     
  • Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten attended an Anzac Day dawn service at the Bomana War Cemetery, marking the 75th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign.



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