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Pacific Beat

Radio Australia

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

news & politics

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0:42:13

Around 300,000 attend solemn mass in Timor-Leste, to...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/27

As Pope Francis was being buried at the Vatican on Saturday, a world away in Timor-Leste a huge crowd gathered for their own farewell to the popular Pontiff. It's estimated there were around 300-thousand people at Tasi Tolu near Dili for a solemn mass at the altar built specially for Pope Francis during his visit to the country last September.

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0:47:42

Solemn dawn ceremony, as ANZAC Day is marked across...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/24

As Australia's largest army base marks ANZAC Day, it's a special moment for Papua New Guinean Brigadier Colonel Boniface Aruma, who's watching on in his capacity as a senior commander in the Australian Defence Force.

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0:48:18

Move to revive US airfield on Tinian triggers pushback

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/23

Locals on Tinian in the Northern Marianas are demanding answers from the US military around a project to revive a World War Two airfield on their island.

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0:45:19

Pope Francis' trip to PNG and Timor-Leste leaves...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/22

Catholics across the Pacific are mourning the loss of Pope Francis and at the same time celebrating the legacy of a man who "led from his heart".

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0:47:42

Pope Francis leaves a lasting legacy in the Pacific

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/21

The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea has expressed gratitude to Pope Francis for the special attention he paid to the country by clearing the way for its first saint.

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0:40:41

Tonga remains in debt caused by 2006 Nuku'alofa riot

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/20

A political storm is brewing over the repayment of a 190-million dollar loan from China, originally borrowed to help rebuild the capital after riots in 2006.

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0:47:37

PNG parliament rejects vote of no confidence, 89...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/15

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, has not just survived another vote of no confidence, he has romped to victory, defeating the opposition motion by 89 votes to 16.

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0:48:03

PNG Prime Minister James Marape faces of vote no...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/14

Tune in each morning and afternoon to keep-up-to-date on the happenings in the Pacific.

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0:47:30

PM Marape calls for calm ahead of PNG no confidence vote

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/13

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is calling for calm ahead of a vote of no confidence scheduled for tomorrow.

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0:46:44

New Caledonia mine bust creates ghost towns

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/10

A nickel mine shutdown in New Caledonia has left ghost towns in its wake and questions about how the territory would function if independence is achieved.

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0:48:09

Samoa remains in a state of emergency

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/09

In Samoa, a state of emergency remains in place due to ongoing power outages on the main island of Upolu.

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0:47:08

PNG Prime Minister James Marape faces vote of no...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/08

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape's leadership will be challenged next week with opposition MPs filing another motion of no confidence.

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0:51:27

All Pacific states except Niue and Palau, have been...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/06

The fallout from Donald Trump's new reciprocal tariffs is still being felt across the world including in the Pacific, where all Pacific Island nations have been impacted except Niue and Palau. It's caught many by surprise, and has prompted public criticism including from Fiji's Government.

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0:47:06

Fiji slams US tariffs as 'unfair and disproportionate'

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/03

US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs against 185 countries with Pacific nations Fiji, Vanuatu and Nauru among the hardest hit.

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0:44:20

Many Pacific nations are struggling to payoff debts

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/02

Debt levels in many Pacific countries and their ability to pay them down. continues to be a major concern. Some have borrowed heavily over the last decade to build infrastructure like bridges and roads and repayments are now due.

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0:46:36

Papua Guinea court convicts man who instigated...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/04/01

In Papua New Guinea, a historic court ruling has seen a man jailed for five years for a sorcery accusation, that led to the killing of a 39-year-old woman.

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0:49:12

Vatican announces sainthood for the late Peter To Rot

Pacific Beat ·

2025/03/31

Pope Francis has passed a decree clearing the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint. The late Peter To Rot from East New Britain is to be canonised, which would make him the first Melanesian saint in the Catholic church.

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0:47:08

Tonga shaken but unscathed from 7.0 magnitude earthquake

Pacific Beat ·

2025/03/30

No damage reported in Tonga after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake triggered tsunami warnings overnight, sending people in coastal areas scrambling to higher ground.

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0:48:49

PNG government's facebook blackout spurs concern for...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/03/26

PNG's police commissioner has revealed more details around the reason for the controversial shutdown of social media site Facebook this week, saying it was to track down two men who were attempting to incite an act of terrorism.

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0:42:02

PNG Facebook shutdown sparks fierce public backlash

Pacific Beat ·

2025/03/25

PNG's police minister says Monday's unannounced Facebook shutdown was a "successful test" of technology to regulate online behaviour.

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