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Funding will help tackle poverty and shore up security in the region and make Australia ‘more influential in the world’, Penny Wong says

Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare is trying to maintain close ties with Australia but is ultimately reliant on Beijing, a leading security experts says.

Defence minister Richard Marles says a halt to live-fire drills is ‘what everyone in the world wants’

"There were a few tremoring Queenslanders when they saw the size of the NSW team."

The former Hunter MP says Australia's new official climate target is a commonsense move which hopefully ends the climate wars.

The new sensors are able to detect aircraft and missile threats at greater ranges and with increased accuracy than current systems.

There are calls for urgent action after Australia dropped to 41 out of 50 countries and organisations in the Aid Transparency Index, revealing a "worrying trend" that has the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade close to hitting the bottom of the list, alongside Saudi Arabia and China.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape may have been speaking on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum on Thursday. But what they said will be felt across the playing fields of the NRL and regional geopolitics.

Pacific leaders optimistic about Albanese government’s climate action and willingness to engage, but major sticking point remains