China’s ambitions for a greater security presence in the Pacific became an election issue in Tuvalu in January.
The incident occurred on Saturday as an Australian air warfare destroyer was enforcing UN sanctions against North Korea in international waters in the Yellow Sea, the Defence Department said in a statement.
Western Australia Premier Roger Cook said the boy ‘rushed’ at police after wounding someone and was fatally shot by an officer.
New prime minister Jeremiah Manele is expected to apply a “lighter touch” to ties with Beijing given the demand for greater transparency.
Marcus Tan Wei Sheng was fined US$3,289 and ordered to work under strict supervision for five years.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Wellington do not want to see developments that ‘destabilise’ the region’s security.
The stricter rules are not surprising since Australia has to protect critical assets, but collaboration with Beijing especially in sectors such as green energy would be unavoidable.
Australia’s former top diplomat Bob Carr will sue New Zealand’s foreign minister Winston Peters over incendiary allegations about the closeness of his ties to China.
Manele said reviving growth and establishing a special economic zone would be at the top of the new government’s agenda.
Solomon Islands incumbent PM Manasseh Sogavare said he would not be a candidate when lawmakers vote next week for a new prime minister, and his political party would instead back ex-Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele.
At least 26 women have been killed this year – one every four days – according to rights lobby group Destroy The Joint.
Daigou, or personal shoppers for mainland Chinese consumers, used to account for billions of dollars of products sold by Australian businesses.
A funeral was held on Friday for Faraz Tahir, who was killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack.
Musk has accused Australia of censorship, while Australian lawmakers have accused Musk of arrogance and a lack of social responsibility.
Musk accused Australia’s leaders of trying to censor the internet after a court ordered his platform to stop showing footage of a bishop being stabbed.
Manasseh Sogavare’s Our Party has won 12 seats with six contests still in play, well short of a majority in the 50-seat parliament.
The US president last week raised the possibility that his uncle, whose plane was shot down over New Guinea in May 1944, might have been eaten by cannibals.
The killings have stunned many Australians, who are largely unaccustomed to such violent crime: ‘I feel like this has burst Australia’s bubble a bit’.
Two stabbing incidents involving a man and a teenager have put Australia’s social tensions under the spotlight.
The man was returning to his seat from the toilet when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner experienced turbulence.
Malaita premier Martin Fini, who recently signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Jiangsu province, lost his re-election bid.