AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoNauru Offshore Detention: New reports from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre say people held on Nauru are routinely going hungry and struggling to access clean drinking water, with 99% unable to afford enough food on Australia’s $260 fortnightly allowance and most reporting rare access to fresh produce and meat. Legal & Policing Changes: A quiet shift in Nauru policing powers—via community monitoring officers with restraining and search powers—has raised concerns it was designed to blunt Federal Court challenges over deportations. Deep-Sea Mining Rulebook: The UN’s maritime court rejected efforts to stop an International Seabed Authority inquiry into deep-sea mining contract compliance involving NORI and TOML, keeping pressure on the ISA’s due-process standards. Pacific Security Drift: Solomon Islands signals a more balanced approach by moving to sign a US Coast Guard “ship rider” patrol deal, after earlier backlash when US boarding operations targeted Chinese fishing. PNG-Taiwan Trade Shock: Papua New Guinea will close Taiwan’s Port Moresby trade mission, drawing US concern and highlighting the Pacific’s fast-shifting economic ties under the One China policy.
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