SYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Leaders of several Pacific Islands have endorsed an Australian-funded A$400 million ($271 million) plan to improve police training and create a mobile regional policing ...

Pacific Islands states have backed an Australian-funded regional policing ... martial arts training and Chinese-made vehicles to police in a number of Pacific nations. Its closest regional allies ...

Beijing has also set up a Pacific police training centre in China, where it has hosted officers from Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. Australia’s plan is part of the escalating US-led diplomatic ...

Pacific island leaders have agreed to back a ... trained and led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Albanese said it would provide “a ready pool of trained Pacific police to deploy in ...

In short: Australia is moving to create a large training facility in Brisbane for Pacific islands police officers, who would be deployed in response to regional crises. The initiative is ...

Australia's initiative comes amid concerns over China's expanding police presence in Pacific island nations, particularly Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea said on Wednesday it supported the ...

Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu states that the training officers are attending at the Pinkenba Training Hub in Brisbane, ...

Tracey Pere grew up on Cook Island and used to clean police stations – today, she’s a senior police liaison officer using ...

The Australian Federal Police will lead a five-week course training Pacific Island police officers to become United Nations peacekeepers. Ten nations are participating, including Samoa ...

A rugby team. A larger police force. Over the span of 12 days — and in time for Christmas — Australia has unveiled a string of deals with Pacific Island nations to dole out what those ...

The report said that the Pacific serves as both a cautionary tale and a direct source of risk for New Zealand.