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Tess Newton Cain

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Covers:  Pacific politics, Geopolitics and the Pacific, Australia and the Pacific, Pacific Islands Forum, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Pacific democracy
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Tess Newton Cain’s Biography

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I am a freelance writer bringing you all you wanted to know about politics, diplomacy, and development in the Pacific islands region.

I have a contacts list that is hard to rival, based on more than 20 years of living and working in Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga ...

If you are looking for someone to write you a simplistic one-dimensional trope-laden piece, please move along. But if you want insight, nuance, and informed analysis, I am the journalist for you.

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COVID a wild card in efforts to help Tonga

COVID a wild card in efforts to help Tonga

It has been a long 24 hours for those with family, friends, and connections in Tonga. The eruption of the Hun…

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With five countries set to quit, is it curtains for the Pacific Islands Forum?

With five countries set to quit, is it curtains for the Pacific Islands Forum?

It has been a bruising couple of weeks for the Pacific Islands Forum after five Micronesian countries announc…

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Regionalism in Retreat - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Regionalism in Retreat - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Prophesies of the end of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as we know it are close to being fulfilled after a v…

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Pacific predictions: 2021 - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Pacific predictions: 2021 - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

As is the case the world over, the early part of 2021 will see no let up in the impacts of COVID-19 in the re…

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Calls for a Covid 'kava bubble' as supply from Pacific to Australia dries up

Calls for a Covid 'kava bubble' as supply from Pacific to Australia dries up

The questions are asked quietly, but urgently: "Kava, do you have any? Do you know where to get any? Have you…

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New Caledonians will vote again on independence. Will the answer this time be 'Oui'?

New Caledonians will vote again on independence. Will the answer this time be 'Oui'?

On October 4, the people of New Caledonia will go to the polls. For the second time in the past two years, th…

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PIFLM54: Slow but steady amid geostrategic hoopla in Hapi Isles

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By Tess Newton Cain Verified, Stefan Armbruster Verified
| Devpolicy Blog
Police motorcades, close personal protection for VIPs and Solomon Islands police with assault rifles in military uniform cosplay milling around venues spoke of a very un-“Pacific way” at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) in Honiara. Every PIF is different and most noticeable this year was the high level of security around leaders in contrast to the limited police presence on the streets of the capital.
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What Australia’s election holds for the Pacific

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By Tess Newton Cain Verified
| The Jakarta Post Verified
W hen Solomon Islands and China signed a security agreement during Australia’s last national poll in 2022, they upended a tradition that foreign policy generally gets minimal bandwidth during election campaigns. Assuming there is no such disruption this time around, we can expect little or no mention of Pacific policy as voting day draws near. If there is a change of government on May 3, regional engagement could look quite different in the next three years.
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Poll position: What Australia’s election holds for the Pacific

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By Tess Newton Cain Verified
| BenarNews Verified
When Solomon Islands and China signed a security agreement during Australia’s last national poll in 2022, they upended a tradition that foreign policy generally gets minimal bandwidth during election campaigns. Assuming there is no such disruption this time around, we can expect little or no mention of Pacific policy as voting day draws near. If there is a change of government on May 3, regional engagement could look quite different in the next three years.
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