Australia to provide more aid to Vanuatu as another earthquake strikes

Australia to provide more aid to Vanuatu as another earthquake strikes

The latest lot of Australian aid includes $2.5 million for medical care,water,sanitation and hygiene products and services.

  • byChris Zappone

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Australians return home as Vanuatu rescues continue

Australians return home as Vanuatu rescues continue

Another 141 Australian citizens touched down in Brisbane overnight following the devastating earthquake.

  • byEmily Verdouw andSamantha Lock
Australians evacuated from Vanuatu after ‘terrifying’ earthquake

Australians evacuated from Vanuatu after ‘terrifying’ earthquake

Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from the rubble of fallen buildings,but the number of dead is “expected to increase”.

  • byBen McKay andCallum Godde
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
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Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure quakes,and are we doing enough to prepare?

  • bySherryn Groch
Several dead,trapped,hundreds injured after violent earthquake

Several dead,trapped,hundreds injured after violent earthquake

A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu. Australia has sent search and rescue and emergency medical teams.

  • byAlasdair Pal,Kirsty Needham andKatherine Scott
‘We definitely need help’:Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu

‘We definitely need help’:Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu

Buildings have been flattened in the Pacific nation’s capital,Port Vila,and several embassies evacuated.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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The NRL’s newest recruit PNG is good for sport and Pacific politics

The NRL’s newest recruit PNG is good for sport and Pacific politics

The announcement that a team from Papua New Guinea will enter the NRL competition is a smart play.

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PNG minister says $600m NRL deal ‘nothing to do with China’

PNG minister says $600m NRL deal ‘nothing to do with China’

PNG’s foreign minister said its government had set aside more than $38 million to begin building facilities and a deal could be announced as early as next week.

  • byChris Barrett
Why are thousands of people marching for Maori rights?

Why are thousands of people marching for Maori rights?

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Wellington for the final stretch of a week-long protest that has spanned the length of the country. Here is why.

  • byCharlotte Graham-McLay
World leaders issue warning to Trump on trade,but not by name

World leaders issue warning to Trump on trade,but not by name

The APEC summit has made a stand against new barriers,in a signal to the US president-elect to rethink his tariffs plan.

  • byDavid Crowe
Haka interrupts NZ parliament,MPs kicked out,as treaty bill arrives

Haka interrupts NZ parliament,MPs kicked out,as treaty bill arrives

Tempers flared in New Zealand’s parliament during an extraordinary debate on the Treaty Principles Bill.