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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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0:48:34

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame face vote of no...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/24

Samoa's Prime Minister Naomi Fiame Mata'afa will today face a vote of no confidence in Apia.

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0:46:45

Samoa politics reaches boiling point with PM to face...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/23

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is refusing to resign as parliament prepares to meet this week with a no-confidence vote on the cards.

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0:47:26

Climate and border security projects in Micronesia...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/20

Protections against drug trafficking and climate change could be removed in Micronesia as US president Donald Trump freezes and reshapes foreign aid to the region.

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0:51:14

Australia and PNG to negotiate new security treaty

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/19

Australia and Papua New Guinea will today announce the start of negotiations on a new bilateral security treaty.

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0:44:56

Cook Islands govt reveals action plan on new...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/18

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has revealed an action plan on its new agreement with China. Brown faces public protest and a motion of no confidence in relation to the controversial agreement which explores seabed mining, and which secrecy has strained relations New Zealand.

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0:47:14

Hundreds protest Cook Islands passport proposal and...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/17

Hundreds of Cook Islanders gathered outside the Cook Islands parliament this morning to protest the government's new comprehensive strategic partnership with China and proposal for a Cook Islands passport.

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Cook Islands PM signs agreement with Beijing

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/16

Cook Islands PM signs agreement with Beijing

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0:46:35

Cook Islands opposition seek removal of PM Mark Brown...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/13

A no confidence motion has been filed against Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown as he prepares to sign an historic agreement with China. Opposition MPs say the PM’s actions have threaten relations with traditional partners New Zealand and its time for him to go

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0:48:21

Cook Islands Prime Minister faces motion of no...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/12

A stop order preventing Miss Pacific judges from leaving the Solomon Islands has been lifted. The order was issued in the wake of allegations of vote rigging by judges.

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0:55:03

Vanuatu parliament elects new Prime Minister

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/11

Vanuatu's parliament has elected Jotham Napat as new Prime Minister.

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0:48:38

Vanuatu's Parliament to decide new PM today

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/10

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

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0:46:12

Litara leremia-Allan wins Miss Pacific 2025

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/09

The Miss Pacific pageant ended over the weekend with Miss Samoa, Litara leremia-Allan winning the title. Her crowning on Saturday night brought to end a week of excitement in the Solomons capital Honiara, but it wasn't without controversy.

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0:44:57

Cook Islands PM heads to China in the wake of a...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/06

A diplomatic spat has erupted between New Zealand and the Cook Islands over plans by Rarotonga to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement with Beijing.

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0:44:41

Sir Julius Chan to be laid to rest today

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/05

In a display of tradition and custom, Papua New Guinea will complete its 7 days of mourning today with the burial of one of the country's founding fathers. The late, Sir Julius Chan will be laid to rest in his home village in New Ireland.

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0:50:02

Possibility of mass deportations have Pacific nations...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/04

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

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0:46:50

PNG's week of mourning begins with haus krai for Sir...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/02/02

Thousands of Papuan New Guineans turned up at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby to pay their respects to one of the country's founding fathers, Sir Julius Chan.

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0:49:20

Tributes flow for Sir Julius Chan

Pacific Beat ·

2025/01/30

Tributes are flowing for former Papua New Guinea prime minister, sir Julius Chan, who passed away aged 85. A state funeral is currently being planned.

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0:43:43

Jotham Napat leads Vanuatu election results, but...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/01/29

Vanuatu's former deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat is in a prime position to become Vanuatu's next Prime Minister after his party won the most seats in the country's snap election. Those seats however are still short of a majority.

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0:47:59

Diplomatic spat sours Kiribati-New Zealand relations

Pacific Beat ·

2025/01/28

There are fears in Kiribati that New Zealand might stem the flow of development aid due to a diplomatic spat between president Taneti Maamau and New Zealand's foreign minister Winston Peters.

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0:44:34

Indonesia's president Prabowo Subianto touts amnesty...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/01/27

Indonesia's President is considering a conditional release of detained political activists in West Papua. The area's long had an armed pro-independence movement and clashes with Indonesian security forces are routine.

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