What does the 2025 Australian election mean for the Pacific Islands?

What does the 2025 Australian election mean for the Pacific Islands?

Australia has a rapidly growing Pasifika population, with approximately 337,000 people of Pacific Island heritage calling the country home.

Cost of living, the economy and immigration key issues for Pasifika voters - ABC Pacific

Pacific Islanders in the state of Victoria will be among the 18 million voters in Australia set to head to the polls tomorrow, and for many, voting is an opportunity to contribute to a place they now call home.

Australian federal election toady – what does it mean for Pacific Islands?

Today is the 2025 Australian federal election, the Labor Party is in pole position to govern again in the Pacific region’s largest economy. Australia has a fast-growing Pasifika population, with approximately 337,000 people with Pacific Island heritage calling the country home. However, despite their increasing presence, Pacific Islanders continue to lag behind both economically and socially, and campaigners argue that public policy decisions fa…

The 2025 Australian election: consequential for Pacific migration - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

The Pacific had an unusually high profile in the 2022 Australian election campaign. Labor was able with great effect to challenge the Coalition’s normally strong credentials in the national security space by claiming that it was asleep at the wheel by allowing Solomon Islands to sign a security agreement with China. Penny Wong called it “the worst Australian foreign policy blunder in the Pacific since the end of World War II.” One has to feel so…