Pacific Beat

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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.

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Thursday · 42 min
PNG government tables Bougainville independence referendum results
Papua New Guinea’s government has tabled the results of Bougainville’s 2019 independence referendum. It's the beginning of a parliamentary process that will lead to a historic vote on whether or not independence will be officially granted.
Wednesday · 50 min
PNG parliament to table Bougainville referendum results
A key milestone in Bougainville's path towards independence will be reached today when Papua New Guinea's parliament decides on whether to ratify an independence referendum.
Tuesday · 7 min
Global calls to drop defamation case against Samoan journalist
The International Federation of Journalists are calling for defamation charges against a veteran Samoan journalist to be dropped immediately.
Monday · 45 min
Tongan government investigating the capsize of whale watching boat
The Tongan government is investigating what happened after a boat carrying more than a dozen whale watchers capsized in rough seas.
Sunday · 47 min
Australian judge denies Fiji High Court bias findings in COI report
The Australian judge who oversaw a controversial commission of inquiry in Fiji says he has no regrets about how he conducted himself despite being heavily criticised by the country's High Court.
August 20 · 48 min
Airlines told to bring their own fuel for Fiji flights
Airlines flying out of Fiji have been told to bring in their own fuel for the rest of the month, after a batch of aviation fuel stored at Nadi International Airport failed to meet the standard required for use.
August 19 · 43 min
Social media linked to rise in PNG sorcery accusation attacks
Social Media is contributing rise in the number of sorcery accusation related attacks in PNG according to a recent survey.
August 18 · 49 min
US moves forward with 67 million acre deep-sea mining lease sales
The US government is moving forward with plans to sell deep-sea mining leases covering about 67 million acres of seabed around the Northern Mariana Islands.
August 17 · 44 min
Vanuatu to set up advisory committee on presidential pardons
Vanuatu's Prime Minister says his government will set up an advisory committee for the president on his constitutional power of mercy after inmates convicted of sexually abusing children received presidential pardons.
August 16 · 51 min
Tonga PM welcomes youngest female minister in cabinet reshuffle
Tonga's Prime Minister celebrates the injection of fresh blood into his cabinet after Sivoki Lavemaau has been appointed Finance Minister, making her one of the youngest ministers in the Kingdom's history.
August 13 · 45 min
Vanuatu President refuses to back down over child sex abuse pardons
Vanuatu's president is refusing to bow to public pressure and revoke the pardons he granted to two men convicted of sexually abusing children.
August 12 · 45 min
PNG highlands drought deepens as crops fail and schools close early
A prolonged drought in Papua New Guinea's Highlands is destroying crops, drying up wells and forcing some schools to close early.
August 11 · 45 min
Vanuatu activists call out presidential pardons of child sex offenders
Women's groups in Vanuatu are calling on the government to reform the presidential pardoning process after men convicted of sexually abusing children received pardons.
August 10 · 48 min
Scientists warn the Pacific is not ready to battle bird flu
Bird flu is at the Pacific's doorstep and scientists warn the region isn't ready.
August 9 · 45 min
PIF leaders fail to agree on Chinese missile reaction
Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers have failed to agree on a joint statement criticising China's controversial ballistic missile test last month.
August 6 · 45 min
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting opens today
The Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting commences today in Fiji. Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in attendance where she announced close to AUD 15 million in funding to support Fiji's efforts in addressing its HIV Crisis.
August 5 · 45 min
PNG parliament set to vote on endorsing Bougainville independence next month
President Ishamel Toroama has again lashed out at the PNG government for dragging its feet over Bougainville's pathway to independence, but agreement has finally been reached on tabling the results of the 2019 independence referendum in Papua New Guinea's parliament next month.
August 4 · 45 min
Stranded New Zealand climbers rescued from Solomons Islands Mountain
New Zealand climbers were airlifted out of a steep ravine on Mount Popomanaseu after being stranded for six days.
August 3 · 47 min
Foreigners coerced into Timor-Leste scam centres with false job offers
Foreigners arrested in Timor-Leste during recent raids on alleged scam centres say they too were scammed into coming to the country with false job offers.
August 2 · 49 min
Fiji's top prosecutor defends immunity deals in cocaine case
A trial for sixteen people charged with trafficking two-point six tonnes cocaine allegedly bound for Australia, could begin as early as February. Among them are four Ecuadorian men who allegedly sailed the cocaine across the Pacific to Fiji in a narco-submarine.

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