Indonesia-New Zealand Friendship Council initiates diplomacy from grassroots level
JAKARTA, Feb 14, 2019, ANTARA News. The Indonesia-New Zealand Friendship Council initiated a forum titled…
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Papua New Guinea admits Maseratis bought for APEC summit are missing
PORT MORESBY, Feb 12, 2019, AFP. Several of the Maseratis bought for last year’s summit…
Air New Zealand flight to Shanghai turns back mid-air
SYDNEY, Feb 11, 2019, Bangkok Post. An Air New Zealand flight to Shanghai turned back…
Australian parliament hacked, leaving authorities scrambling to discover who did it
CANBERRA, Feb 8, 2019, Reuters. Australian authorities are investigating an attempt to hack into the…
Thailand says Australia to blame for arrest of refugee Bahraini footballer
BANGKOK, Feb 6, 2019, Reuters. Thailand defended on Wednesday (Feb 6) its arrest of a…
Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo stripped of Australian residency
SYDNEY, Feb 6, 2019, SCMP. A prominent Chinese billionaire political donor has been stripped of…
Australian business warns against govt energy laws
CANBERRA, Feb 6, 2019, AAP. The federal government’s proposed legislation to force the break up…
Far North Queensland floods: Tragic deaths discovered as waters lower and supermarkets run empty
TOWNSVILLE, Feb 5, 2019, 9News. As Far North Queensland flood waters slowly began to lower,…
Hundreds rescued in Australia’s Queensland as rain eases
TOWNSVILLE, Feb 4, 2019, SBS News. The deluge that’s caused catastrophic flooding in Townsville is…
[Analytics] Why Indo-Pacific region is becoming global hotspot
The Indo-Pacific region encompasses large oceanic and territorial areas between the Pacific and Indian Oceans,…
[Analytics] Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2030’ tourism goal – a pipe dream or survival plan?
The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to…
[Analytics] Australia’s big role in global change at World Economic Forum
High up in the Swiss Alps sits a town nestled in a fairytale valley. The…