Australia is stepping up its presence in the Pacific by launching a world-first program to help island nations join UN ...

Pacific island leaders have agreed to back a ... trained and led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Albanese said it would provide “a ready pool of trained Pacific police to deploy in ...

The security needs of island states are glaring ... was at pains to stress that the plan was being “led by” Pacific police. Australia has had some other wins. In April Mr Albanese’s ...

Australia's initiative comes amid concerns over China's expanding police presence in Pacific island nations, particularly Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea said on Wednesday it supported the ...

“It builds on the Australian Federal Police’s long engagement in the region.” She noted that the plan was designed by the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police, a regional body that brings ...

to Australia and New Zealand. The PPI would "provide training and capacity-building to Pacific island police forces", training officers in Brisbane before stationing them in "regional crime ...

The world-first training program is underway at the Australian Federal Police's state-of-the-art Pacific Policing Development ...

Australia's Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong is visiting the Pacific this week to strengthen bilateral partnerships, ...

Solomon Islands, which hosted the pageant, said it had lifted an exit ban on judges leaving the country on Wednesday afternoon, although a police ... Australia to stay tariff-free for Pacific ...

In 2019, China persuaded two Pacific countries – Solomon Islands and ... relations from the Australian National University, told The Straits Times that the new police initiative is much needed ...

Last week, China donated a presidential building to Vanuatu while Australia ... its influence in the Pacific. China signed a police cooperation deal with the Solomon Islands last year and has ...