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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.

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0:43:45

PNG celebrates 49th year of Independence

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/15

It was on this day in 1975 that the Australian flag was lowered at Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby marking the end of 70 years of colonial rule by Australia, and a new day of independence for the people of Papua New Guinea.

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42:51

More than 600,000 turn out for Pope in Timor Leste visit

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/10

More than 600,000 people in Timor Leste — nearly half the country's population — have turned out for an outdoor mass by Pope Francis. It's one of the biggest ever crowds to have attended a papal event.

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48:10

Thosands turn out to welcome Pope FrancIs in Timor...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/09

Pope Francis has been welcomed by tens of thousands in the capital Dili. It's the first visit by the Pontiff in 35 years. Timor Leste may be the world's youngest Catholic country. but it has the largest catholic proportion of any population outside the Vatican.

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45:12

Pope Francis calls for peace in Papua New Guinea

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/08

Pope Francis celebrated mass with more than 35thousand Papua New Guineans, as he spent the weekend in the Pacific's largest and most populated nation. While in PNG the Pontiff called for a peaceful resolution to Bougainville's bid for independence, better use of natural resources and an end to tribal violence. He now makes his way to Timor-Leste and is expected to touch down in the capital Dili later this afternoon.

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43:57

Remote town of Vanimo in PNG highlands eagerly awaits...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/04

Excitement is building in Vanimo in PNG's North West with final preparations being made ahead of what will probably be the small town's most high profile visitor ever, Pope Francis.

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47:56

Division in New Caledonia pro-independence movement...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/03

Changes in the political landscape have been taking place in New Caledonia with major shifts within the powerbase of the pro-independence movement. The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front has appointed jailed activist Christian Tein as their leader, but this appears to have met with a disagreement between pro-independence factions.

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44:37

New Zealand mourns Maori King Tuheitia Paki

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/02

There has been a spate of party hopping in Papua New Guinea’s parliament ahead of its resumption later today. Two MPs have left the government, while another has returned to the government side after defecting to the opposition a few months ago.

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43:37

China's Pacific Envoy angered by 'accidental' Forum...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/09/01

The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit in Tonga has wrapped up with the meeting ending in controversy after the publication of what appears to be a wrong paragraph in the official communique.

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48:09

The Pacific contingent at the Paralympics, the...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/29

Paralympic sport is on the rise in Oceania, with 13 athletes from half a dozen countries competing at the Paralympics in France.

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48:18

Pacific nations endorse Australia's policing arrangement

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/28

Climate action and a major new policing arrangement have been the main agendas, of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

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49:18

Climate financing centers discussions at PIF leaders...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/27

Climate change and climate financing have been the main topics of discussion at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting so far in Tonga. There have been calls for developed countries to help Pacific Islands combat the effects of fossil fuel emissions such as sea level rise, which is devastating local communities.

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46:12

Tonga's undersea cable cut on first day of Pacific...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/26

The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum enters its second day in Tonga today following a shaky start yesterday with a magnitude 6.9 earthquake causing a scare. Tonga''s Acting Director for Communications, Stan Ahio, says the country's domestic cable to the islands of Vava'u and Ha'apai has been cut, likely as a result of the earthquake.

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44:54

Pacific Leaders Forum Leaders Meeting opens in Tonga

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/25

The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting kicks off today in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, with the leaders of 18 nations in attendance. Among the high profile delegates in attendance is United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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50:08

Australia's deportation of gang members might be...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/21

Recent news of deported Australian gang members importing methamphetamine into Tonga is highlighting Australia's justice system. On expert says Australia needs to rethink its policy.

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48:10

Tonga Police issue warning to Comancheros Gang...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/20

Tonga Police are taking aim at the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang following the arrest of two members in Nuku’alofa, who were charged with attempting to import methamphetamine. Police allege a deportee from Australia, is the central figure behind an attempt to set up a local branch of the gang..

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46:05

Deep sea mining continues in PNG despite moratorium

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/18

The Papua New Guinea government's commitment to a moratorium on deep sea mining is being questioned, as sea bed mining exploration n the country resumes.

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51:00

Homes demolished in Timor-Leste to make room for Pope...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/14

More than half a million people are expected to descend on Timor-leste's capital Dili for mass with Pope Francis next month as he tours the country. In Dili, the mass will be held in the village area of Tasi Tolu, but with the huge numbers expected, authorities have begun evicting people living in the area.

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42:27

PNG police arrest ringleader accused of massacre

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/13

The ringleader of a notorious gang accused of murdering at least 26 people in Papua New Guinea has turned himself in to police. Detectives say it's a major breakthrough in their investigation into the massacre in a remote village last month. Another prime suspect and more than 20 henchmen are still believed to be in hiding.

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47:33

Vanuatu Govt reshuffle sees departure of Ralph Regenvanu

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/12

A sudden reshuffle in Vanuatu’s Government has caught many by surprise. It follows the departure of the Union of Moderates Political Party from government. Among the casualties are high profile Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu who loses his seat.

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44:04

Rabuka to visit China and New Caledonia

Pacific Beat ·

2024/08/11

Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is heading off on a state visit to China. It’s his first trip to Beijing since coming into office in late 2022, and marks the start of a diplomatic whirlwind tour which will see him travelling from China to New Caledonia as a member of a high-level Pacific envoy before heading to Tonga for the Pacific Leaders meeting.

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