SAMOA (Commonwealth Union)_Samoa's Acting Prime Minister is concerned that Australia's offer of up to 3000 visas for Pacific migrants may further deplete Samoa's already...
PAPUA GUINEA (Commonwealth Union)_The Greens will use the first day of parliament to submit legislation that will allow asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru...
NEW ZEALAND (Commonwealth Union)_New Zealand's new Prime Minister has promised to look at an overstayer petition started nearly three years ago by Pacific community...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_Falling house prices are driving a frenzy in some parts of Australia, according to new data that reveals the suburb hotspots for...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_The Australian Medical Association has cautioned that Medicare rebates to GPs must be doubled to stem the flood of doctors quitting bulk...
Queensland Australia (Commonwealth Union)_The world’s largest toad has been found! Dubbed Toadzilla, it was found by park rangers, deep in the rainforest at Conway...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_An worldwide citizenship aid organisation has assessed the world's passports based on their strength, and Australia has once again ranked in the...
VANUATU (Commonwealth Union)_A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the South Pacific Ocean island of Vanuatu, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking a tsunami warning...
VANUATU (Commonwealth union)_Nikenike Vurobaravu is the president of a small country with a big hand in climate diplomacy.
Rising sea levels threaten his Pacific Island...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth union)_AThe new administration led by Labor's Anthony Albanese has already significantly altered Australia's immigration laws and started to address the visa backlog.
The...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Commonwealth Union)_Police in Papua New Guinea are looking into charges of corruption against key election officials in the wake of the...
By Savithri Rodrigo
Nuku'alofa, Tonga (Commonwealth Union)_The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027 has its first signatory from the Pacific Islands Country and Territories...
NEW ZEALAND (Commonwealth Union)_Ms. Jacinta Ardern (Prime minister of New Zealand) was caught on camera calling a rival politician an arrogant prick. The profanity...
By Savithri Rodrigo
Sydney, Australia (Commonwealth Union)_AMP Center, which was once Sydney’s tallest tower, was recently named the Word Building of the Year 2022 and...
SAMOA (Commonwealth Union)_A tsunami warning has been lifted for Samoan low-lying coastal areas following a 6.7 magnitude earthquake.
The earthquake struck around 8.30 a.m. Monday...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been censured by parliament for wielding secret powers while in office. The historic motion comes...
Honiara (Commonwealth Union)_An earthquake slammed West Java, Indonesia, on Monday, triggering a series of catastrophic landslides that killed more than 270 people, with at...
KIRIBATI (Commonwealth Union)_Developing countries exposed to the harshest effects of global warming have spent the past week at UN climate talks pleading for more...
SOLOMON ISLANDS (Commonwealth Union)_ The first magnitude 7.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami warning and temporarily disrupted communications and radio services. Buildings were damaged and...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Commonwealth Union)_A rare pigeon species was photographed for the first time in 140 years by a group of scientists and environmentalists...
TUVALU (Commonwealth Union)_ Tuvalu announced plans on Tuesday to create a digital clone of itself, recreating islands and monuments and conserving its history and...
NEW ZEALAND (Commonwealth Union)_According to the United Nations, the world's population will surpass 8 billion later today. It's a huge number, but how does...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_Chris Bowen, Australia's climate change minister, will use his key speech at the COP27 UN meeting in Egypt to criticise the World...
Canberra (Commonwealth Union)_ Australia's free trade deals with the United Kingdom and India might be concluded by the month end, expanding prospects for Australian...
Auckland (Commonwealth Union)_A 28 year old winemaker, who has been in the wine making industry for thirteen years, won the prestigious title of 2022...
NEW ZEALAND (Commonwealth Union)_ New Zealand has joined a small group of countries in donating money to developing countries to compensate for the loss...
NEW ZEALAND (Commonwealth Union)_Two top hospital doctors who are unable to obtain residency through the immigration Green List are reconsidering their transfer to New...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_ A soft plastics recycling programme at major supermarkets has been halted after the business in charge stated that it could no...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_ This week, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in the Marshall Islands to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the two countries'...
FIJI (Commonwealth Union)_ Fiji's International Visitor Survey (IVS) preliminary findings for the period April to August 2022 reveal $805 million in tourism profits, excluding...
AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth Union)_Five lions escaped from their enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney early Wednesday, causing the zoo to issue a "code one" alarm...
SOLOMON ISLANDS (Commonwealth Union)_ Significant measures to safeguard children from violence have been started in both Fiji and the Solomon Islands. The programmes in...
SOLOMON ISLANDS(Commonwealth union)_ In what diplomats have referred to as a "landmark" expansion of security cooperation, the Australian Federal Police has donated hundreds of...
