The Latest Breaking News from Solomon Islands

Documents from 2019 reveal one of China's largest defence and aerospace companies promised to upgrade dozens of airstrips in Solomon Islands as part of a plan to transform the Pacific Island country into an "aeronautical hub" for the region.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews dismisses demands from the Labor Party for an urgent intelligence briefing on the controversial security pact between China and Solomon Islands, after yesterday alleging the deal could have been timed to hurt the Coalition's electoral chances.

At some not-too-distant point New Zealand will have to make an uncomfortable choice between the West and China, writes Peter Dunne

A senior Australian minister is suggesting that China deliberately announced its security pact with the Solomon Islands during an election campaign to undermine her government’s chances of reelection

Australia's spy chief says Canberra is concerned Chinese police deployed to the Solomon Islands under a new security pact could use "ruthless" techniques previously used to quell anti-government protests in Hong Kong.

The government is accused of stooping to new lows after a minister suggested China announced the Solomon Islands security deal specifically during the election.

For the first time in decades, the actions of a foreign state have taken centre stage in an Australian election campaign, analysts said, as China's security pact with the Solomon Islands reverberates into neighbour Australia's domestic politics.

The Home Affairs Minister says China intentionally timed a worrying security pact with Solomon Islands to hurt the Coalition's chances at the federal election.

One of Australia's top national security figures denies there was a failure by intelligence agencies to stop a military pact being signed between Solomon Islands and China.