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Correspondents Nic Maclellan 6 December 2024 A government collapses in Paris, and the shockwaves extend as far as Nouméa
Correspondents Nic Maclellan 15 November 2024 France has delayed elections in New Caledonia to enable negotiations on a new political statute. But what happens if a deal can’t be struck? Essays & reportage Hamish McDonald 21 October 2024 Can the “brainy and agile” Penny Wong counter the power of US-centric defence and security agencies? Books & arts Jim Davidson 23 September 2024 A double biography reveals the creative partnership between Robert Louis and Fanny Stevenson Correspondents Nic Maclellan 20 September 2024 An Australian plan to improve policing in the Pacific deals with just one element of the islands’ crime and conflict problem
International Hamish McDonald 15 August 2024 Le Parisien’s headline captures the post-Olympic challenges facing France’s new left-dominated government, not least in New Caledonia
Correspondents Nic Maclellan 23 July 2024 As protests continue across New Caledonia, a high-profile Loyalist politician claims indigenous Kanak and the West are divided by “insurmountable antagonisms” Books & arts Kate Fullagar 17 July 2024 Nicholas Thomas asks new questions about the women and cultures represented in the French artist’s work International Nic Maclellan 25 May 2024 Emmanuel Macron flew halfway around the world but failed to achieve a breakthrough in a crisis that’s damaging French diplomacy in the Pacific Correspondents Nic Maclellan 10 May 2024 As the United States prepares for conflict with China, its military build-up in Micronesia is intensifying
Essays & reportage Jo Chandler 3 May 2024 Villages are banding together in the Solomon Islands to show that carbon credits can have multiple benefits
International Jess Marinaccio and Graeme Smith 26 January 2024 Will this week’s election bring a change of orientation for the island nation? International Ruth Morgan 15 December 2023 The new treaty between Australia and Tuvalu fits in a long history of regional initiatives Books & arts Graeme Dobell 14 December 2023 Fifty years later, the Vietnam war still echoes around Southeast Asia and across the Pacific Correspondents Hamish McDonald 24 November 2023 The Solomon Islands prime minister has played off China and the West remarkably well
Correspondents Nic Maclellan 20 November 2023 A lawyer in the Marshall Islands, a former US national archivist and a Catalan museum director came together to protect vital archives
National affairs Mark Baker 24 October 2023 … and other encounters with Bill Hayden, foreign minister 1983–88 Essays & reportage Hamish McDonald 5 October 2023 While the French president risks a new civil war just three hours’ flight from Australia, Canberra’s diplomacy remains muted Correspondents Nic Maclellan 8 May 2023 The closing of New Caledonia’s only daily comes at a delicate point in the debate over the French territory’s future Books & arts Hamish McDonald 3 April 2023 Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
International Nic Maclellan 20 December 2022 Scientists and Pacific governments are worried by Japan’s plan to dump radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 1 November 2022 Penny Wong wants an Australia that’s more than just a supporting player in the grand drama of global geopolitics International Nic Maclellan 8 December 2021 By forcing the pace of New Caledonia’s self-determination process, France’s overseas minister risks an illegitimate vote this weekend International Nic Maclellan 9 November 2021 Pacific voices, young and old, have been calling for action at COP26 International Nic Maclellan 14 October 2021 With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
Books & arts Alison Bashford 16 July 2021 Anthropologist Nicholas Thomas is a skilled and knowledgeable guide to Pacific voyaging
International Jon Fraenkel 1 July 2021 In a bid to end the constitutional crisis, Samoa’s Supreme Court has ruled that parliament must meet by 5 July International Nic Maclellan 15 June 2021 France’s unilateral decision to bring forward a third independence vote might end in tears National affairs Jo Chandler 3 June 2021 Have reporters’ cliches got in the way of understanding how Pacific islanders are dealing with climate change? International Nic Maclellan 15 April 2021 Fearful of growing Chinese influence, the Trump White House pledged increased engagement with the Pacific islands. Will Joe Biden follow suit?