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Frayzel Uale is one of more than 5000 Tuvaluans who have entered a ballot for one of 280 permanent residency visas.

Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them

More than 8000 Tuvaluans have applied for 280 permanent residency visas for Australia, while last year 56,000 people from other Pacific countries applied for 3000 places.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley

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The “Two Face” mural depicted a Labor Party caught between environmental and economic demands.

Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

  • The Age's View
The WA govenrment has approved the extension of the North West Shelf plant near Karratha.

Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

  • The Herald's View
Niueloso Boland with his wife Lauina outside the church in Melton.

Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice

Climate change is devastating this island nation. Has Australia thrown it a lifeline?

  • Jewel Topsfield and Benjamin Preiss
Funafuti, the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu, consists of strips of land encircled by a lagoon and the vast ocean.

A tiny nation with only one obstetrician is now a cervical cancer screening leader

Nurses setting out on door-knocks and days-long boat rides to remote islands have helped Tuvalu achieve the remarkable.

  • Aisha Dow
Anthony Albanese and former Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano announced the landmark pact in November.

Australia relieved by new Tuvalu PM, hopeful landmark treaty will hold

The Albanese government is confident Tuvalu will continue with a landmark climate and security pact struck with Australia last year, after electing a new leader.

  • Matthew Knott
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Pacific Islands Forum last year.

For decades, the Pacific is where Australia sent refugees. Now, that’s changing

The recently signed Falepili Union is only the first step in a new Pacific approach. But is the Australian public ready for it?

  • Jack Corbett
Anthony Albanese and Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano on One Foot Island last week.

Its population is just 11,000 but for Australia, this island nation is now a key Pacific partner

As Beijing dangles ever more compelling carrots before South Pacific governments, Tuvalu has shown Canberra how to navigate its future in the Pacific.

  • Marcus Ray
Anthony Albanese has offered visas to Tuvalu residents in a historic deal as rising sea levels threaten the Pacific Island nation.
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PM announces historic climate refugee deal with Tuvalu

Anthony Albanese has offered visas to Tuvalu residents in a historic deal as rising sea levels threaten the Pacific Island nation.

Why Albanese’s ‘pretty massive’ Pacific pact will irk Beijing

A new treaty with the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu marks a significant escalation of Australia’s regional ambitions. It will not have gone unnoticed in China.

  • Peter Hartcher

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