Stacey King's Blog Posts Tagged 'australia' (33)

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has announced Australia will provide $15 million to rehabilitate 40 kilometres of main road in South Tarawa, Kiribati, which has been undermined by rising sea levels and coastal erosion.

Speaking from Kiribati, Senator Carr said the works were essential if the nation was to survive the impact of climate change.

“Kiribati is at the front line of climate change,” Senator Carr said.

“Its highest point is now just three metres above sea…

12 Feb 2013 Sydney Morning Herald

On an average day in Kiribati we can look out across our calm and peaceful lagoons and see people fishing and going about their daily business and everything is at it has been for many generations.

But this is deceptive. We now know that we are being subjected to a gradual, creeping and insidious process: climate change. This directly threatens the future of our homeland - our people will be scattered, and the survival of our unique culture,…

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated December 21, 2011 09:44:05

A program which allows people from the Pacific to work for a limited period mainly in Australia's horticultural industry is to be expanded.



A three-year test scheme will enable people to work in the tourism, cane and cotton industries.



The original two-thousand-and-eight program allowed up to two-and-a-half thousand workers from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and…

Updated December 12, 2011 09:11:52

The way the Australian government spends millions of dollars on overseas scholarships is in the news again.



This time the Kiribati Government has allegedly barred Australian government officials from meetings to determine which students will get offers to study in Australia. An audit of AusAID's office in the capital Tarawa, obtained under freedom of information law, warns the closed-door approach…

Australia has recently…

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated August 24, 2011 10:17:32

Up to 11 people from three Tongan families are feared dead in a housefire at Logan City, south of Brisbane.



It's not unusual for famililes to share a home in Logan city.The fast growing area, south of Brisbane, has a large population of new migrants and young people seeking less expensive homes out of Brisbane.



Preseter: Lexi Metherell

Speaker:…

The Leader or the Ulu of Tokelau, Foua Toloa, is on a private visit to Australia.



But Mr Toloa has visited Canberra for talks with Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Affairs, Richard Marles and he attended question time in the Parliament yesterday.





Presenter:Geraldine Coutts

Speaker:Foua Toloa, Premier, Tokelau…

Manabu has posted this message on the Banaban Message Board to let all his Banaban friends know what is happening in Japan during current nuclear crisis:

http://users3.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g30-04300-e5

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I would like to encourage all our BV members wherever you may reside to please forward the Chairman's Plea to all your friends, family and especially organizations etc you may be involved with.

The direct link to the Chairman's letter is: http://banabanvoice.ning.com/profiles/blogs/plea-from-rabi-chairman-to

We need to support our Chairman NOW and use the power of the internet to spread his message…

Dear Stacy and Friends of the Banaban People.…