May
What does Labor's emphatic election win mean for the Pacific? Pacific Beat, comments Stephen Howes - 5 May 2025
April
Election 2025: Agriculture visa pledge raises exploitation, diplomatic warnings, The Australian, by Rhiannon Down, comments Stephen Howes - 30 April 2025
Australian data shows Pacific migrants live in lower income areas, Pacific Beat, interview Toan Nguyen - 14 April 2025
All Pacific states except Niue and Palau, have been targeted by US tariff increases, Pacific Beat, interview Stephen Howes - 7 April 2025
“Aligning” aid: Which interests and whose interests? The Interpreter, article by Cameron Hill and Nicola Nixon (The Asia Foundation) - 4 April 2025
March
Liberal backbenchers urge Coalition not to raid foreign aid budget to pay for rumoured $15bn defence boost, The Guardian - 25 March 2025
Trump policy pivots rattle aid-reliant Pacific ally Palau, Nikkei Asia, comments Terence Wood - 22 March 2025
Fears Pacific climate change "not on the agenda" for US aid funding, Climate Calling podcast, comments Cameron Hill - 22 March 2025
Europe compounding Trump aid vandalism – Australia must take a different path, The Interpreter, research findings Cameron Hill and Robin Davies - 21 March 2025
Australia in discussions to avoid ‘devastating consequences’ of US aid cuts for Pacific nations, The Guardian, comments Cameron Hill - 20 March 2025
Foreign aid will continue but in what form it's hard to say, Radio New Zealand, comments Robin Davies - 19 March 2025
Trump killed America’s aid program. It’s catching on, Australian Financial Review, comments Robin Davies - 14 March 2025
Securing Australia's new Pacific Engagement Visa costly, slow and 'stressful', applicants say, ABC News, Pacific Beat and ABC TV, interview Natasha Turia - 3 March 2025
February
Cheques and (power) balances reshape aid in a post-liberal world, Eureka Street, comments Cameron Hill - 26 February 2025
Aussie migration misperceptions can be changed, The Canberra Times, comments Alyssa Leng - 5 February 2025
Australians want less migration but oppose cutting international student numbers, study finds, The Guardian, comments Alyssa Leng - 5 February 2025
Survey finds Australians happy with current level of Pacific migration, Pacific Beat, interview Alyssa Leng - 5 February 2025
The US was cleaning up its deadly mess in Cambodia – then came Trump’s call, Sydney Morning Herald, by Zach Hope, comments Cameron Hill - 10 February 2025
Why Trump and Elon Musk want to shut down the world's largest humanitarian aid donor, SBS Dateline, by Bermet Talant, comments Cameron Hill - 9 February 2025
Survey finds Australians happy with current level of Pacific migration, Pacific Beat interview, guest Alyssa Leng - 6 February 2025
Australians want less migration but oppose cutting international student numbers, study finds, The Guardian, by Josh Nicholas, comments Alyssa Leng - 5 February 2025
Australia grants $570 million dollar loan to PNG, Pacific Beat interview, guest Stephen Howes - 5 February 2025
Pacific aid experts concerned over moves to shut down USAID, Radio New Zealand Midday Report, interview Charlotte Cook, guest Terence Wood - 4 February 2025
January
How will Trump's US aid freeze affect the Pacific? Radio New Zealand, interview by Don Wiseman, guest Cameron Hill - 30 January 2025
Winston Peters Rejects Kiribati's Excuse As Hipkins Urges Constructive Diplomacy, Radio New Zealand, by Caleb Fotheringham, comments Terence Wood - 28 January 2025
Govt reviewing development programme with Kiribati, Radio New Zealand Midday Report, interview by Charlotte Cook, guest Terence Wood - 28 January 2025
Once firm friends, Afghanistan and Pakistan are now at each other's throats. Here's why, ABC News, by Najma Sambul, comments Nematullah Bizhan - 2 January 2025