Pacific Beat

ABC Radio Australia

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

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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.
July 30 · 49 min
Board under pressure to step aside and allow a new body to take over rugby in Samoa
World Rugby is understood to have given the Government of Samoa an ultimatum: accept a review of its decision to cut funding for Lakapi Samoa, or risk a ban from international competition.
July 29 · 49 min
Vanuatu marks 46 years of independence
Vanuatu is marking 46 years of independence today with mass celebrations and a speech by the country's Prime Minister.
July 28 · 50 min
One body recovered from Gold Ridge mine landslide
It's been three days since a landslide occurred at Gold Ridge Mine, 26 kilometres from the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara. One body was recovered yesterday from the landslide, but Acting Police Commissioner James Aitorea says it's too early to know, if more bodies are buried under the rubble.
July 27 · 44 min
No reports of fatalities in Solomon Islands landslide
In the Solomon Islands, there are fears people could be missing after a massive landslide at the country's only large-scale gold mine in Guadalcanal Province.

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