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Ben McKay

Wellington

New Zealand Correspondent at Australian Associated Press (AAP)

AAP Pacific Editor try not to take this place too seriously 📧 [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | nit.com.au | Ben McKay

    You can almost hear the sighs of relief across the Pacific and the Tasman. While Pacific nations had no say in the outcome, the federal election was a sliding doors moment for Australia's relationships with the blue continent. Labor's success allows a number of key Pacific collaborations will continue: the bid to co-host a climate change summit, a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea, enhanced labour mobility and visa pathways.

  • 1 week ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Ben McKay

    You can almost hear the sighs of relief across the Pacific and the Tasman. While Pacific nations had no say in the outcome, the federal election was a sliding doors moment for Australia's relationships with the blue continent. Labor's success allows a number of key Pacific collaborations will continue: the bid to co-host a climate change summit, a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea, enhanced labour mobility and visa pathways.

  • 1 week ago | thewest.com.au | Ben McKay

  • 1 week ago | examiner.com.au | Ben McKay

    Joblessness is on the rise in New Zealand, ticking up 0.7 per cent in the last 12 months. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOSUnemployment in New Zealand remains at 5.1 per cent, defying expectations of a peak above COVID-19 levels.

  • 1 week ago | westernadvocate.com.au | Ben McKay

    Joblessness is on the rise in New Zealand, ticking up 0.7 per cent in the last 12 months. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOSUnemployment in New Zealand remains at 5.1 per cent, defying expectations of a peak above COVID-19 levels.

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3 May 25

RT @MarkDiStef: The media writing and broadcasting about this closer than it was. Like the voice, it’s annoying and sad to the audience. Th…

Ben McKay
Ben McKay @benmackey
3 May 25

the AEC's current list of "incumbents trailing" current lists 18 coalition MPs and zero from anywhere else https://t.co/AXEuI06pow

Ben McKay
Ben McKay @benmackey
1 May 25

RT @stephendziedzic: Coalition costings confirms that it will cut foreign aid if it wins power, but the Pacific and Indonesia will be exclu…