Pacific Aid
Australia has announced $A11 million in support to improve roads in Solomon Islands as it prepares to host the Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit.
The coalition will place infrastructure needs at the heart of a revamped development strategy in the Pacific, pledging an extra $2 billion in loans and grants to the region.
Pacific island nations will get a larger chunk of Australia's foreign aid as spending is refocused after the United States slashed its aid agency.
Australia has pledged to remain the South Pacific's largest aid donor during security and economic talks with Vanuatu, as Canberra reviews the potential Pacific impact of US President Donald Trump's f...
Australia and other development partners are moving to cover gaps across the Pacific as the United States under Donald Trump retreats from foreign aid.
New Zealand has pledged to prioritise the wellbeing of Kiribati's community as it reviews development funding following a presidential snubbing.
Vanuatu has made fresh requests for help from Australia and other development partners, as community tensions mount around the pace of Port Vila's recovery from last month's earthquake. The 7.
Vanuatu will receive an additional $10 million injection from Australia as the Pacific island nation continues to recover from a mammoth earthquake. The magnitude 7.
After years of indebting Pacific islands with loans, China has revised its aid strategy in the region and is now offering grants with the majority of its development assistance.
Australia and New Zealand will help build and stock warehouses with disaster aid across the Pacific as regional leaders prepare to head to New Caledonia following deadly riots.
Australia may need to work with China in the Pacific to ensure a record level of development aid and loans are not misused and that the fight for influence doesn't become a flashpoint, a report says.
Australia tops the charts for Pacific aid funding as China retreats and targets its money towards island nations with which it has more friendly relationships.
Australia's push to keep an eye on climate change and gender equality in the Pacific through its new aid policy has been welcomed by international organisations.