Australia has been urged to form a “Pacific buying bloc” to help vulnerable Pacific Islands secure oil supplies, as looming ...

This week, Pacific leaders — as well as hundreds of officials, diplomats and journalists — will gather in the capital of Solomon Islands, Honiara, for the region's most important political meeting. It ...

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu (Reuters) - Australia stepped up efforts on Wednesday to convince Pacific Islands to abandon calls for tougher climate change goals, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in the ...

SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pledged to keep tariff-free access for Pacific Island goods, after Fiji was hit by a 32% U.S. tariff, in a speech positioning ...

A first database has been compiled of the frog and freshwater fish species on hundreds of Australian islands. It was developed at The University of Queensland to help target conservation efforts ...

Australia plans to significantly boost surveillance of Pacific Islands territorial waters, spending A$477 million ($310.72 million) on aerial patrols for illegal fishing fleets, tender documents ...

SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...