A significant rise in Indonesian illegal fishing in Australia’s northern waters highlights a significant maritime security threat, and our border enforcement agencies can’t afford to drop the ball. Over the past six months, Australian authorities …
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Planet A Heavy rain and floods in British Columbia have stranded more than 18,000 residents and sparked a widespread disaster response, including from the Canadian air force and army. The region experienced more than a …
Sea state Australia has commissioned the second of its two Supply-class auxiliary oil replenishment ships, HMAS Stalwart. The two Spanish-built ships will be stationed on opposite sides of Australia, with HMAS Supply, commissioned in April, …
Planet A Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica have pledged to protect reefs and marine biodiversity by connecting their individual protected marine territories into a single ‘Eastern Tropical Pacific Maritime Corridor’. This fishing-free ocean highway …
Sea state An Astute-class submarine from the UK’s carrier strike group has docked at HMAS Stirling naval base in Perth, giving Australian naval personnel an opportunity to observe its capabilities. It’s the first Royal Navy …
Planet A A new report on the impact of climate change in Africa predicts 118 million of Africa’s most impoverished people will be subject to climate-change-induced displacement, disasters and extreme weather conditions by 2030. Africa’s …
As the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted critical problems in Papua New Guinea’s vaccination programs and threatened the country’s health security and economic prospects, how, and why, must Australia help? Australia provides development aid to PNG …
Sea state The Royal Australian Navy has just wrapped up two significant multi-navy drills. Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat and oil tanker HMAS Sirius joined in on phase 2 of Exercise Malabar 2021 with India, Japan …
Planet A A new study has recommended that 11 species of Australian bees be listed as threatened, a five-fold increase, due to the 2019–20 bushfires. Lower bee populations threaten crop production, with consequences for Australia’s …
Papua New Guinea is divided over its Covid-19 response. The virus has spread throughout the country since March and is now pushing hospitals to capacity in the nation’s worst Covid-19 surge so far, but a …
Sea state HMS Queen Elizabeth has re-entered the South China Sea despite warnings from China. The ship leads Britain’s carrier strike group on its global tour designed to showcase post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ through more than …
Planet A The Bank of China will stop funding new coal projects abroad, following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s similar commitment to the UN General Assembly that China will stop building new foreign coal-fired power plants. …