- The asylum-seeker stand off on Manus has been resolved but with tensions still high on the island it is worth re-reading this article from Jenny Hayward-Jones on how Australia’s asylum-seeker obsession risks damaging Australia-PNG relations.
- Catherine Wilson examines the progress of the Millennium Development Goals in the Pacific and how the new Sustainable Development Goals appear to better target the region’s biggest problems, like climate change.
- Here is an update of the political situation in the Cook Islands, where Prime Minister Henry Puna has made it clear the country will not be going back to the polls.
- Sophia Kagan makes the case for preferential access to labour markets for Kiribati and Tuvalu, arguing that they face particular challenges in generating domestic employment opportunities.
- Last week, the seven-month-long suspension of flights between Fiji and Solomon Islands was lifted after talks between representatives of each government. However, the General Manager of Operations at Solomon Airlines doesn’t believe the problem has been fully solved.
- On Devpolicy, Paul Holden asks if the Pacific is really falling behind in the ease of doing business after the region rated poorly in the World Bank's Doing Business rankings of 2014.
- PNG is mourning the death of one of its most well-known and loved media personalities, Justin 'JK' Kili. In this interview with Pacific Beat, former PNG Correspondent Sean Dorney shares his memories of 'the voice of PNG'.
- In Tonga, the newly awakened volcano, Hunga Ha’apai, has created a new land mass.
Pacific Island links: Manus Island, MDGs, Fiji-Solomons airline dispute and more
Published 21 Jan 2015
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