A Cook islands beach
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AUSTRALIA has pledged millions of dollars to support Pacific island nations deal with the climate emergency.
The new Labour administration also pledged on Friday to provide additional funds for Australia’s police deployment in the Solomon Islands, for regional aerial surveillance and an Australian Border Force network.
Foreign minister Penny Wong is promising to increase the budget for overseas development assistance by 1.4 billion Australian dollars over the next four years, with 900 million of that sum going to the Pacific region.
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