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Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale is urging the Australian government to investigate a rental deal involving the Australian Federal Police and a government politician in Honiara.

Former Australian rugby superstar and captain, David Pocock, says Pacific Island nations are "canaries in the coalmine" for Australia's inaction against climate change.

Australians go to the polls on Saturday - all the signs are pointing to a Labor victory, but can Scott Morrison defy the odds and keep the Liberal-National Coalition in power?

Australia has become a world leader in a very unwanted way - the amount of people to be infected with Covid-19 per-capita.

China has responded to Australia's claim a surveillance ship has been travelling along their coast on an intelligence-gathering mission

The Australian Workers' Union says this week's wool industry appeal for Pacific Islanders to fill a supposed worker shortfall is just another attempt to undercut pay and conditions using cheap…

Conditions in the area were so rough the central Queensland coast guard squadron wasn't able to respond until several hours after the emergency call came in, its commodore James Fleming said.

Another Omicron Covid-19 sub-variant - thought to be more transmissible than the current dominant strain - has been found in Australia.

An aid development economist says Canberra should focus less on Pacific aid and more on providing a migration pathway into Australia from the region. Audio

Moana Pasifika will kick off the Australian leg of their Super Rugby Pacific campaign against the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday night in Melbourne.