Australia Announces Pacific Policing Initiative

Australia is funding a policing center in Brisbane to train regional police officers to respond to unrest and law and order situations in the Pacific Islands Region. Pacific leaders have endorsed a major new Australian-backed policing initiative, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says will strengthen collective peace and security.

The initiative will see a facility set up in Brisbane to train regional police officers to respond to unrest and law and order situations in the Pacific. Some Pacific nations had previously voiced unease over the plan, but they now say it will improve law enforcement capabilities.