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Leah Lowonbu

Leah Lowonbu is a Vanuatu journalist working in the ABC's Asia Pacific Newsroom reporting for Pacific Beat and Wantok.

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China has added a sprawling new palace to the skyline of Vanuatu's capital — but some fear it will be hard to maintain

Pacific Beat
By Leah Lowonbu, foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic and Doug Dingwall with wires
China has handed over a massive newly-built presidential palace to Vanuatu days before the Pacific nation's prime minister is expected to visit Beijing.
An aerial shot shows a large complex of buildings with red roofs, including a palace, with a bay in the background.

Vanuatu had three PMs in a month. Voters hope a referendum result will stop the churn

Vanuatu has backed changes in a referendum aiming to end political instability that saw the Pacific nation elect three prime ministers in a month.
A view of a bay of tropical turquoise water on a mostly sunny day.

'It's so shameful': Seasonal workers, tourists stranded as Air Vanuatu enters voluntary liquidation

Pacific Beat
Ernst & Young confirms it has taken control of the airline after the Vanuatu government appointed it as voluntary liquidator of the company. 
Updated
A white, green and blue Air Vanuatu plane in the sky above the blue Pacific ocean
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