Australia bids to be first choice for Pacific nations on security and economy

Cook Island workers

Cook Island workers handling a yellow fin tuna that was off-loaded from a fishing ship into a shipping container in Avarua on Rarotonga. Source: AAP

Australia is to open a two billion-dollar fund for Pacific infrastructure development and strengthen defence ties in the region.



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