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Indigenous elders lose landmark climate battle against Australian government
Ghana News Agency
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July 15, 2025
July 15 (BBC/GNA) – The Australian government has won a landmark climate case against residents of islands under siege from the impacts of climate change. In 2021, community elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai launched legal action against the...
Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate court case against government
Yahoo News
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Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for lacklustre emissions targets. Scattered through the warm waters off Australia's northernmost tip,...
We always lived by the sea: decision time for Australian Climate Case
SBS
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During Uncle Paul Kabai's lifetime he has seen the seasons change on his home island of Saibai, an outer island of Zenadth Kes (the Torres Strait). Uncle Paul and Uncle Pabai Pabai are so afraid for the future of their ancestral homelands that in...
'Saving my people': Four-year landmark climate battle to be decided today
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 14, 2025
Torres Strait Islanders are awaiting the ruling in a landmark climate case today — one that, if successful, could have a significant impact on the future of their islands and culture. Guda Maluyligal traditional owners Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle...
ISLANDS PETROLEUM’S COLOUR RUN UNITES POM FOR LIFESAVING CAUSE
PNG Haus Bung
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July 28, 2025
A wave of white t-shirts, bright colors, and boundless energy filled the streets of Port Moresby as the Islands Petroleum Charity Colour Run 2025 brought together people from all walks of life to support the Port Moresby General Hospital. Themed...
PM Marape Praises New Porgera Performance, Urges Enga to End Violence and Protect Infrastructure
PNG Business News
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Prime Minister James Marape has praised New Porgera Ltd. (NPL) for its strong performance in the second quarter of 2025, while calling on the people of Enga Province to end violence, protect public infrastructure and commit to peace and...
New guide supports transparent land-use monitoring for climate action
Forests News
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July 13, 2025
The verdict is clear: to meet international climate change mitigation targets and ensure the continued functioning of Earth’s ecosystems, we need to rethink how we use our planet’s land. Embedded in humanity’s current land-use practices lie both...
Andrew Abel induced as CBE by Her Royal Highness for surfing tourism in PNG
NBC PNG
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Andrew Abel CMG CSM ML. (Image: Business Advantage) A very proud day for a very proud and patriotic Papua New Guinean, Andrew Abel CMG CSM ML on being inducted as a Commander of the British Empire at Windsor Castle by Her Royal Highness, Princess...
Trump’s revival of WWII era alien registration law sparks privacy, legal battles
Biometric Update
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July 28, 2025
The Trump administration’s unexpected reactivation of a forgotten wartime law requiring noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and carry registration documents has launched intense controversy. What began as a little‑known provision from...
UK delivers AUKUS reassurance in the face of US review
Crikey
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July 27, 2025
UK BOOSTS AUKUS AS ALBO WAVERS ON PALESTINE Top UK security officials have used the ongoing Exercise Talisman Sabre to declare AUKUS nuclear submarines and other military technology are the “bedrocks” of the country’s relationship with Australia,...
PNG NATURE PARK CELEBRATES 17,000th SPECIES MILESTONE
PNG Haus Bung
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July 10, 2025
Port Moresby Nature Park has made history as home to the 17,000th species photographed for the world-renowned National Geographic Photo Ark project — Papua New Guinea’s own Raggiana bird-of-paradise. National Geographic explorer and photographer...
New Guardian-class patrol boat: a welcome asset to tackle illegal fishing in Solomon Islands
Pacific News Service
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Tackling illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is often a challenge for countries in the Pacific due to many reasons. Unavailability of maritime assets is one. On Monday, 28 June 2021, Solomon Islands officially took ownership of a...
Nauru seeks transform its economy by becoming a cryptocurrency powerhouse
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Nauru's Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority creates a licensing and regulatory scheme for digital asset transfers, including cryptocurrency lending and exchange. Photo: RNZ Pacific / AFP An Australian finance director has flown to Nauru with...
COCA COLA FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTS WASH PROGRAM IN ESP
PNG Haus Bung
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July 27, 2025
People accessing health facilities in the East Sepik Province (ESP) can expect access to clean water and sanitation thanks to the continuous support from the Coca Cola Foundation, supporting the WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) programmes in...
With little digging going on, minister looks to restore mining
Telegraph-Journal
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July 27, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links New Brunswick The Issues Development Energy & Environment First Nations John Herron wants New Brunswick to have bustling projects again, pointing to 21 critical minerals underground Author of the article: John Chilibeck •...
Pacific news in brief for 28 July
RNZ
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July 27, 2025
Test for leptospirosis in laboratory, conceptual image. Photo: DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/FCA/Science Photo Libraray via AFP American Samoa - health American Samoa's Department of Health is warning about the risk of leptospirosis after...
Geo explainer: What is palm oil – and how does sustainable palm oil stack up?
Geographical
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July 9, 2025
Palm oil has come under fire for the deforestation that its production often causes. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath Seventy million tonnes. That’s the estimated quantity of palm oil produced globally each year. Around 50 per cent of...
Trukai Industries empowers Gerehu youths with Village Sustainability Kit
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 10, 2025
Trukai Industries has once again demonstrated its commitment to community development through its Farmer Sustainability Program by donating a Village Sustainability Kit (VSK) to youths in Gerehu Stage 7. The donation, made by Trukai’s Rice...
Israel’s little-known allies in the South Pacific
The Times of Israel
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July 27, 2025
Every time UN members vote on anything Israel and Palestine-related, South Pacific islanders wake up to an endless stream of derogatory comments on social media. That’s the price Oceania pays for being the one and only region in the Global South...
Green Climate Fund board praises PNG, urges more preservation
The National
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Green Climate Fund (GFC) executive director Mafalda Duarte has praised the country for preserving its forests and “doing good for the world”. The fund’s board spent several days in Port Moresby recently for its 42nd meeting and concluded with a...