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Opinion
Australia votes
Pacific must hear our voices, but we must listen to theirs
Expanded ABC services in our region, as proposed by Labor, is a great idea. But greater Pacific media collaboration must be a dialogue in which Australia talks “with” not “to” our Pacific neighbours.
- by Jemima Garrett
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‘Prince charming’ Tinder swindlers targeted women for years
Those behind a Tinder swindle scam who conned a NZ woman out of half a million dollars appear to have been targeting women around the world using the same methods.
- by Sam Sherwood
How a ‘prince charming’ Tinder swindler conned a woman out of $500,000
Like many modern day romance stories, it began by swiping right on Tinder. What followed has left one woman hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket by a man she believed was the love of her life.
- by Sam Sherwood
Opinion
China relations
China’s plans for the Pacific do not stop with Solomons
The former ambassador to Papua New Guinea warns that other island nations in the Pacific are being courted by Beijing right now.
- by Ian Kemish
World’s most remote post office is hiring, penguin counting required
Four candidates will be chosen to fill a five-month role at Port Lockroy, or the “Penguin Post Office” on British-owned Goudier Island in the Antarctic.
- by Sydney Page
Editorial
China relations
Better diplomacy is needed to curb China’s Pacific push
Labor and the Coalition should start talking about a stronger and smarter response to the security agreement China has signed with Solomon Islands.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Solomon Islands
‘Australia’s lifeline to the US’: The stakes in Solomon Islands are exceptionally high
Yet Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne seems strangely complacent about the nation’s planned security deal with China.
- by Peter Hartcher