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Biography

I am a freelance writer bringing you all you wanted to know about politics, diplomacy, and development in the Pacific islands region. I have a contacts list that is hard to rival, based on more than 20 years of living and working in Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga ... If you are looking for someone to write you a simplistic one-dimensional trope-laden piece, please move along. But if you want insight, nuance, and informed analysis, I am the journalist for you. Now based in Brisbane, I travel frequently to the Pacific islands region to keep up to date with what's happening, maintain existing friendships, form new relationships, and drink kava.

Content

Total articles 388

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  What Australia’s election holds for the Pacific

  By Tess Newton Cain Verified

  Apr. 01, 2025

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  Poll position: What Australia’s election holds for the Pacific

  By Tess Newton Cain Verified

  Mar. 28, 2025

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  Pacific transactionalism: Art of the diplomatic deal

  By Tess Newton Cain Verified

  Mar. 02, 2025

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Freelance

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