Dominic Giannini   

Australia's Pacific minister has been chastised by a Vanuatu counterpart, being told to "check his facts" over comments about a Chinese policing agreement.

Pacific nations have split over China on the world's biggest stage but issued a joint clarion call for stronger climate action. As the Australian prime minister peddled new environmental policies, the...

Australia's attempt to net a security pact with Vanuatu has hit a major snag as one of the Pacific nation's ministers flags expanded policing co-operation with China.

The historical soundtrack of one of Australia's near-neighbours is at risk of being forever lost. In a small room lined with shelves brimming with chronicles and recordings at the rear of the Solomon...

Half a century after the Raggiana bird-of-paradise was officially first hoisted on black and red, Papua New Guinea remains fiercely proud of its independence.

A Sino-Australian tit-for-tat in Honiara as the two nations try to diplomatically out-muscle one another in the lead-up to this year's Pacific Islands Forum has been described as almost comical.

Australia paying Nauru some $2.5 billion to take unwanted former detainees has been criticised as cynical as laws pass to streamline deportations.

Australia has signed an agreement with Nauru to deport former detainees without a valid visa to the Pacific Islands nation in a move slammed by refugee advocates.