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Trachoma eliminated in Vanuatu

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 15th August 2022 - Vanuatu is the first Pacific island country to eliminate trachoma as a “public health problem”. The world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, trachoma is no longer a “public…

Our foreign policy hangover in the Pacific

Simon Lewis, Tuesday, 19th July 2022 - Australia needs consistent, reliable and bipartisan support for foreign aid in the Pacific, writes Australian International Development Network chair Simon Lewis. Anthony Albanese,…

COVID-19 and the Pacific: A race against time

Mat Tinkler, Tuesday, 21st April 2020 - While you sit at home flicking between Netflix and the transfixing flattening of Australia’s corona curve, spare a thought for your neighbours in the Pacific, writes Mat Tinkler,…

Australia steps down aid in Asia, as it steps up in the Pacific

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 18th February 2020 - Aid groups say funding cuts in Southeast Asia do not make sense from both a humanitarian and security standpoint The Australian government has been slammed for its “short-sighted”…

Aussies Underperform in Global Corporate Giving Benchmark

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 9th April 2014 - The corporate community investment by Australian companies is falling shy of their international counterparts, figures from a global benchmarking program reveal. Despite a 2013…