Oceania
The New Zealand dollar drew renewed attention after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand lifted its official cash rate to 2.50%, reinforcing expectations that monetary tightening may continue as policymakers seek to bring inflation back toward target.
Oceania
The A$500 million Nakamal Agreement does not make Vanuatu an Australian ally, but it gives Canberra a strategic guarantee that no foreign military base or militarised infrastructure will emerge on the archipelago.
Oceania
Cost-of-living strain, housing scarcity, migration pressures, technological disruption and strategic uncertainty are no longer separate debates in Australia. Together, they are testing whether public institutions can plan, coordinate and deliver at the scale citizens expect.
Oceania
Australia's shadow agriculture minister Darren Chester accused the national broadcaster of presenting an unbalanced account of the native hardwood sector, arguing that economic, scientific and regional perspectives were excluded.
