Tuvalu climate minister says approval of North West Shelf Extension would threaten his country’s survival and “violate the spirit of the Pacific-Australia climate partnership.” ...

Australia on Wednesday approved a 40-year extension to a major liquified gas plant, brushing off protests from Pacific island ...

But the apparent snub comes at a time when the West's grip on the Pacific ... but as many as 100,000 live in New Zealand and Australia. Culturally, Cook Islands Māori - who make up the majority ...

The islands are accessible only via a two-week boat voyage from Perth on Australia's west coast, per the Australian Antarctic Program. And, according to U.K. newspaper The Guardian, they have not ...

Heard and McDonald Islands - a territory which sits 4,000km (2,485 miles) south-west of Australia - are only accessible via a seven-day boat trip from Perth, and haven't been visited by humans in ...

Heard and McDonald islands, which sit 4000 kilometres south-west of Perth and are home to Australia’s only active volcanoes, are uninhabited apart from an occasional visit by scientists to check ...