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The Parliament of the Republic of Fiji. Source: Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED The approval of a bill in parliament that increased salaries for Fiji’s high-ranking government officials drew strong objections from opposition leaders and civil society groups. Based on the bill approved on May 24, the president’s salary will increase from $130,000 (58,300 USD) to $185,000 (83,000 USD). The parliament speaker will receive a pay increase from $150,000 (67,300 USD) to $220,000 (98,700 USD). Higher salaries were also approved for assistant ministers, ministers, leader of the opposition, and mem...
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Vincent Namatjira, Western Aranda people, Australia in Colour, 2021, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased in celebration of the National Gallery of Australia's 40th anniversary, 2022, image courtesy Iwantja arts, Courtesy of the artist and Iwantja Arts, photo: Iwantja Arts © Vincent Namatjira/Copyright Agency Aussies love to criticise successful people. It is called “cutting down tall poppies”, a national pastime often referred to by the Australianism Tall Poppy Syndrome. It was no surprise then that Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, eventually became a target o...
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暴動が続く南太平洋のフランス領ニューカレドニアから、24日までに日本人42人がオーストラリアに出国し...
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フランスのマクロン大統領は23日、独立支持派らによる暴動が続く南太平洋のフランス領ニューカレドニアを...
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暴動が続いている南太平洋のフランス領・ニューカレドニアから、日本人4人が出国し、オーストラリアに着い...
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南太平洋のニューカレドニアで暴動が続く中、オーストラリアの支援で日本人4人が出国した。 外務省による...
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青い海に足首まで浸かり、楽しそうにポーズを取る2人の日本人女性。これは、“天国に一番近い島”ともいわ...
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ニューカレドニアの中心部・ヌメアで、13日に大規模な暴動が発生したため空港が閉鎖され、日本人旅行者約...
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Kiwi road sign. Photo used with permission. All the original photos and videos were taken by Heather Milton or the author during their 2024 travels. Our recent six-week trip to Aotearoa/New Zealand in late summer and early autumn 2024 presented the ideal opportunity to experience its amazing environment. We hadn't “crossed the ditch” (the Australasian slang for the Tasman Sea) for a holiday since 1985. The Land of the Long White Cloud was created by volcanoes and carved by glaciers. Before the arrival of humans, its flora and fauna evolved in isolation from the rest of the world, and there wer...
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US President Joe Biden visits a World War II memorial bearing the name of his uncle, Second Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan, who died in Papua New Guinea. Screenshot from YouTube video on Associated Press channel. Fair use. Several Papua New Guinea leaders and institutions are demanding an apology from United States President Joe Biden, who mentioned in two public speeches that his uncle was killed by cannibals during World War II. While visiting a war memorial in Pennsylvania on April 17, Biden remarked that his uncle, Second Lieutenant Ambrose J. Finnegan, was killed by cannibals after his pl...
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