Oceania

Over 98 percent of voters in a long-awaited referendum wanted independence. Will they get it?

National defense becomes a domestic political issue in Australia.

The medevac law allowed doctors in Australia’s offshore detention facilities to approve the transfer of sick refugees to Australia.

Being able to identify areas of mutual interest and find ways to cooperate with Indonesia has been a long-standing hope for Australia.

An Australian state government has launched a comprehensive strategy for engagement with Asian nations.

Samoa shuts down its government amid a deadly measles outbreak and an anti-vaccine campaign.

Seeking to build relations with New Delhi, Canberra plans to return Indian artifacts purchased from a discredited art dealer.

Wang “William” Liqiang told Australia’s Nine Network that he’d been working as a Chinese spy.

The alleged plot follows a separate series of shocking confessions from a self-identified Chinese spy seeking asylum in Australia.

Tokyo and Canberra now see each other as their most important -- and most reliable -- security partner after their respective alliances with the United States.

With an independence referendum on the horizon, reopening the Panguna mine offers both attractive opportunities and terrible consequences.

New Zealand cements itself as leader in the Pacific on climate issues as Australia abdicates.