The impact of the global credit crisis on the Pacific will be the main topic of discussion at the Lowy Conference in Brisbane on Monday in the lead-up to the Pacific Islands Forum.
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully is attending the conference where Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and European Commission Director-General for Development Stefano Manservisi will speak.
The Lowy conference is seen as an important curtain-raiser to the Pacific Islands Forum which begins in Cairns on Tuesday.
