Pacific World: Current Events

Clara Schulte & Nicole Quinty

Australia

Will provide humanitarian aid and equipment to anti-ISIL forces, joining the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, and Italy

Mail may slow down under

Priority service will cost more due to $300-million dollar loss in the previous year

New Zealand

Economy up, National Party down in the polls

Prime Minister John Key in vulnerable spot at re-election

Philippines

New law may make photographing strangers illegal

New People’s Army to be wiped out before retirement of Chief General Gregorio Pio Catapang

Wants to declare country peaceful and ready for development

Indonesia

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo to be sworn in next month

Indonesia: Role Model of Democracy for surrounding nations

Malaysia

Dutch investigators’ preliminary report on downed-plane Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine to be released September 9th.

Malaysia Airlines “Bucket List” removed due to social media backlash

Fiji

Pre-poll voting to end 8 years of dictatorship

Record number of voters enrolled: 591,000

45 Fijian peacekeepers held hostage in Syria

Demands by Nusra Front being negotiated by Fijian military

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