Pacific Islands Forum

Absent Family: The Contest for the Blue Pacific

The 55th Pacific Islands Forum has highlighted the tug of war over seabed resources, pitching regional powers against each other and a Goliath.

September 5, 2026

Bakchos on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
Thanks for letting me know, Linda.
Linda on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
A lot of people are fairly disgusted with what Jon White’s DPP did to you. It’s causing a degree of…
Linda on Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
Just thought I would let you know a lot of people in CMTEDD are uncomfortable about what was done to…
Bakchos on The Architecture of Capture: How the Separation of Powers Dies in Practice, Not in Law
The Labor Party has had a full quarter of a century to stack every layer of government in the ACT…
Bakchos on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
Paulo you and Margaret are one hundred percent correct, Angel Marina’s “friends in the AFP” closed ranks to protect their…
Bakchos on Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution
John can you confirm that it was Doug Jarvis and not Peter Garrisson who gave the advice to Meredith Whitten.…