How two Utah companies became critical to international shipping overnight

In late July, an executive order from President Donald Trump sent the global postal world scrambling when he scrapped a 1938 law that allowed customers to skip paying import fees on packages valued under $800. With about a month’s warning, dozens...

Vanuatu warns Australia that expanding Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project could breach international ruling

CANBERRA (ABC) — Vanuatu’s climate minister has warned Australia that approving the extension of Woodside’s massive North West Shelf gas project could be in breach of a landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on climate change, saying...

Paedophile declares bankruptcy to avoid paying $1.4m in damages

A victim of convicted paedophile Maurice Van Ryn says a legal loophole that prevents victims from receiving compensation from their abusers if they declare bankruptcy needs to be closed. Edan van Haren was 14 when repeated sexual abuse began in...

Small Business: French technique meets Pacific passion with Coromandel Chocolate

I had a passion for chocolate growing up, but I actually studied law for four years. One of my best friends back home, his family owns a chocolate factory in Bordeaux with a really good reputation. We would work there over winter to finance surf...

Vanuatu delays pact over Chinese funding concerns

Vanuatu is not yet ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia over concerns the bilateral pact could restrict the South Pacific island nation’s ability to secure infrastructure funding from a third country, Vanuatuan Prime...

Vanuatu delays Australia security pact over China concern

Vanuatu is not yet ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia over concerns the bilateral pact could restrict the South Pacific island nation’s ability to secure infrastructure funding from a third country, Vanuatuan Prime...

Vanuatu Delays Security Pact With Australia Over Fears Of Funding Limits

Home Australia Vanuatu Delays Security Pact With Australia Over Fears Of Funding Limits Australia had anticipated signing the Vanuatu deal alongside another Pacific security pact this month, part of Canberra’s effort to counter China’s growing...

Vanuatu delays $330M Australia security pact over Chinese funding concerns

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vanuatu is not yet ready to sign a security and economic treaty with Australia over concerns the bilateral pact could restrict the South Pacific island nation’s ability to secure infrastructure funding from a third...

Vanuatu Trade Commissioner honoured in historic visit to Mafi-Adidome, launches AI Africa Project

By: Gloria Anderson The Chiefs and people of Mafi-Adidome in the Volta Region have celebrated a historic occasion as His Excellency Ambassador Professor Hugh Keku Aryee, Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, paid an official visit to the community....

Vanuatu steps up climate finance readiness with national writeshop

With SPC’s support, Vanuatu hosted a national writeshop to build skills for unlocking climate finance and advancing urgent adaptation solutions. Vanuatu, one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, has taken further steps to strengthen its...

Closing Bell: Banks and gold stocks push ASX to high note for second week of September

Three of the ASX’s biggest sectors came together to give the market a win today, with iron ore, gold and banking stocks joining forces to lift the bourse into the green for the week. Pic: Getty Images ASX lifts 0.68pc, virtually unchanged for...

The Albanese government has just stood firm against Vanuatu’s climate lecture

Ralph Regenvanu this week sat in his air-conditioned office in Port Vila, hanging the threat of international legal action over Australia. The Vanuatu climate minister warned that approving Woodside's North West Shelf gas extension violates a...

Palau, Kiribati, Vanuatu and Marshall Islands Urge Action on ICJ Climate Opinion

At the Pacific Islands Forum, leaders from Kiribati, Palau, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands said the ICJ climate ruling must be more than symbolic. They called for urgent policy changes to safeguard sovereignty, secure justice, and ensure Pacific...

ICJ climate ruling is a blueprint for action: Vanuatu Climate Change…

By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change is not just a legal milestone but a “blueprint for structural change”...

How Vanuatu’s migrants lose property investments after returning home

House built by a Pacific Australia Labor Mobility scheme worker on return to Vanuatu. Photo courtesy of Rochelle Bailey By Rochelle Bailey, Pete Bumseng and Gwen Carlot Nearly 12,000 ni-Vanuatu citizens are participating in Australia’s Pacific...

Free speech has never been ‘free’

Almost 30 years ago, as an Aboriginal kid growing up just south of Brisbane, I commenced my formal education in Australian history at Trinity College, Beenleigh. Dr Hamilton Russell Cowie’s seminal work on the country’s past dominated the...

Vanuatu’s Forestry Module To Streamline Export Permitting Process

Press Release – UNCTAD Developed in close collaboration with the national project team, the Forestry Module digitizes and automates the application, processing, and issuance of Export Permits for regulated forestry products. 05 September 2025:...

Friends combine finances to buy dream home together

It's morning tea time at Gem Romuld's Gwynneville home in Wollongong and there are plenty of hands to help wrangle two toddlers, clean up dishes and prepare the food. That's because Gem lives not only with her partner Dinah Too and their two young...

What Do Companies Need in a Future-Ready ERP?

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'Wrongful act': Vanuatu warns Australia may break international law if gas project goes ahead

One of the Pacific Climate's elders has lashed the expected approval of the North-West Shelf gas project as "internationally wrongful" and legally contentious, as Australia's climate record comes under close scrutiny at the Pacific Islands Forum....