AGP Executive Report
Last update: 14 minutes agoPacific Health Leadership: The Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) is holding its 30th anniversary conference in Auckland, spotlighting Pacific health leaders and service, with awards recognising decades of work to improve wellbeing across the region. Worker Health & Rights: A new Australia Institute poll says most people support stronger protections for Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) workers, including the right to change jobs if underpaid, and better access to Medicare—after reports of pay deductions leaving workers with very little. Tonga Returnee Support: Tonga’s government has launched its first National Returnees Reintegration Policy (2026–2030), aiming to help deported returnees reconnect with family, find housing and work, access healthcare, and reduce reoffending and stigma. Disease Watch: Health New Zealand is urging extra vigilance for measles after an unexplained case in Palmerston North, with concern it could be spreading locally. Regional Response Capacity: The New Zealand Defence Force has taken over leadership of the Pacific Response Group, which includes Tonga and supports humanitarian assistance and disaster relief with health and communications roles.
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