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Lucy Cooper

Pacific Beat Multi-Platform Reporter at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Presenter at Countrywide

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Articles

  • The World Bank's Economic Update finds slowed growth and inflation in the Pacific

    1 week ago | abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper

    Growth in the Pacific has slowed, inflation has fallen, and the female workforce is being under-utilised; those are the key findings of The World Bank's latest Economic Update. The semi-annual update focused on eleven countries, which includes Fiji, Solomon Islands, Palau, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Micronesia, Tuvalu, and Kiribati. The report noted that growth in the Pacific has slowed down from 5.5% in 2023 to 3.8% in 2024.

  • "Really difficult": Papua New Guinean authors share journey of becoming published authors. - ABC Pacific

    1 week ago | abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper

    Aspiring and published Pacific and First Nations authors have descended on Townsville in North Queensland for an annual writers festival. It's an opportunity to learn, celebrate culture, and showcase stories unique to the Pacific.

  • What happens when aid supplies come with unwanted passengers to a country in need? - ABC Pacific

    2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper

    The Pacific region is prone to natural disasters and climatic extremes and when disaster hits, Pacific Nations turn to overseas for aid and humanitarian support. But what happens when the relief supplies they receive comes with pests and diseases? An international standard on how humanitarian aid is delivered to countries of need, is aiming to address this.

  • Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands sign moratorium against deep sea mining

    2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper

    At the UN Oceans Conference in France, Solomon Islands has joined Marshall Islands in signing up to a moratorium against deep sea mining. It comes as more countries including Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Fiji and Solomon Islands ratify a new High Seas Treaty, which is aimed at setting up protected zones in the areas outside the jurisdiction of countries. So far 49 countries have ratified the agreement, eleven short of the 60 needed to bring the new treaty into force.

  • World War II bomber Hell'n Pelican II sets sail for Port Moresby after 10-year restoration

    3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Baz Ruddick |Lucy Cooper

    Eight decades after it was last in the sky, an American bomber known as the Hell'n Pelican II is making its way back to Papua New Guinea, where it crash-landed during World War II. On Thursday, the Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber was loaded by crane onto the Navy's ADV Reliant ship, after being transported by truck from the Royal Australian Air Force base at Amberley near Brisbane.

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