Category: Australia

RSIPF Receives Rifles, Vehicles from Australia to boost Operation activities
Australia

RSIPF Receives Rifles, Vehicles from Australia to boost Operation activities

Fredrick Kusu- November 2, 2022

The Royal Solomon Island police force (RSIPF) received 13 vehicles and 60 Daniel Defence (MK18) short barrel rifles from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Policing ... Read More

Australia warns, debt service in PICs including SI could be doubled by 2025
Australia

Australia warns, debt service in PICs including SI could be doubled by 2025

Fredrick Kusu- October 27, 2022

Australia warns that debt service in the Pacific could be doubled by 2025 compared to 2019.  Statistics obtained from the Ministry of National Planning and ... Read More

Australia announces increased budget support for Pacific including SI
Australia

Australia announces increased budget support for Pacific including SI

Fredrick Kusu- October 26, 2022

Australia is increasing its Overseas Development Assistance Budget as part of its commitment to the Pacific region. Speaking exclusively to SIBC News via zoom this ... Read More

Australia and Solomon Islands join forces on exercise Coastwatchers
Australia

Australia and Solomon Islands join forces on exercise Coastwatchers

Fredrick Kusu- October 13, 2022

Australia and Solomon Islands completed the second phase of the annual Exercise Coastwatchers in Honiara and Gizo last month, building Solomon Islands’ capacity to respond ... Read More

Prime Minister Sogavare meets Prime Minister Albanese of Australia
Australia

Prime Minister Sogavare meets Prime Minister Albanese of Australia

Fredrick Kusu- October 7, 2022

Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare yesterday met his Australian Counterpart, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Australian National Parliament in Canberra, their first meeting on Australian soil ... Read More

PTI Australia facilitates over AUD1million in Solomon Islands export deals in 2021
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PTI Australia facilitates over AUD1million in Solomon Islands export deals in 2021

Sharon Nanau- April 26, 2022

Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia, an agency of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, has launched its 2021 Annual Report, highlighting more than A$27 million in ... Read More

SI and Australia Hold Productive Security Discussions, Plans to Send Foreign Minister to Regional Countries to Expound SI-PRC Security Cooperation
Australia

SI and Australia Hold Productive Security Discussions, Plans to Send Foreign Minister to Regional Countries to Expound SI-PRC Security Cooperation

Fredrick Kusu- April 14, 2022

Solomon Islands and Australia held productive discussions on Wednesday 13 April in Honiara regarding the security concerns of Solomon Islands and the wider Pacific region. ... Read More