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Data from the Pacific Aid Map shows that Chinese financing in the Pacific hit a peak in 2016 and has declined since, say Alexandre Dayant and Riley Duke.
If Australia is genuinely part of the “Pacific family”, why do we throw open our door to Europeans and Americans, but not to Pacific people?
It's time for Australia to implement a visa-waiver programme] for citizens of Pacific countries, writes Professor Joanne Wallis.
Instead of just offering defence funding, we need to look at how hard we make it for Pacific Islanders to come here if we want a really meaningful relationship.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne proposed doubling Australia’s Pacific aid months before the Solomon Islands-China security pact but the Cabinet’s National Security Committee rejected the proposal.