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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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48:37

No plea yet, two years on after, Vanuatu worker...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/31

A Vanuatu seasonal worker accused of murdering a man by sawing off his leg in Far North Queensland has yet to enter a plea two years on after he was first charged.

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45:53

Fiji's ex PM Frank Bainimarama to be sentenced today

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/27

The High Court convicted Bainimarama a fortnight ago, along with the former police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho on a charge of abuse of office, for interfering in a police investigation in 2019.

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46:35

PNG's East Sepik calls for aid after devastating...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/25

The death toll stands at three but authorities fear it could rise higher...as information from remote and isolated communities come to hand.

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52:27

Tonga's Vava'u island to host critical talks between...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/24

While the prime minister appears to have defused the tensions, it remains unclear what agreement his government has reached with the king.

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44:49

Schools in Fiji remain closed, with heavy rain...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/20

There have been up to 30 road closures across the country due to flooding.

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47:48

Vanuatu PM Charlot Salwai says referendum will bring...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/19

A significant test for Vanuatu's government, the referendum in May will broach a new law to tie MPs down to political parties.

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40:58

Fijian community hit hard by heavy rain says govt...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/18

A heavy rain warning is still in place after the country experienced a weekend of flooding, causing school closures, power outages and hundreds having to find refuge in evacuation centres.

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47:45

Cook Island bolsters fight against single-use plastics

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/17

The country is investing millions of dollars into a project aimed at reducing waste in the hospitality, food and tourism sectors.

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45:13

Bribery case allegedly involving Nauruan politicians...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/13

Queensland-based company Getax is charged with conspiracy to bribe a foreign official, over allegations it paid Nauruan MPs money to further its phosphate exporting interests.

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45:09

Concern in Solomon Islands after women MPs drop out...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/12

The two MPs decided not to contest next month's election, with their husbands instead running in their seats.

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43:49

Tonga's stalemate between King and PM shows signs of...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/11

Last week Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni and a handful of Ministers travelled to the remote island of Niua to apologise to King Tupou the Sixth.

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41:22

FSM president Wesley Simina welcomes delayed approval...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/10

The $US3.5 billion law provides much needed funds to Palau, Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, in return for exclusive US military access to their territories.

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49:22

'Drama is non-stop:' Solomon Islands football coach...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/07

The Solomon Islands Football Federation advertises for a new head coach to take charge of the men's national team and lead them at the OFC Nations Cup in June. Also, Women's rugby team Penina Pasifika vastly exceed expectations against Australia's top clubs.

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44:49

Fiji civil society group back women's minister as...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/06

The head of Fiji's Women's Crisis Centre says Women's Minister Lynda Tabuya has been treated unfairly after her political party removed her as deputy leader over sex and drugs allegations.

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48:23

Fiji's women's minister, Lynda Tabuya, removed from...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/05

Ms Tabuya has been at the centre of an alleged sex scandal involving a fellow minister while on an official trip to Australia's State Parliament of Victoria in Melbourne in last year.

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44:07

Political stand-off between Tonga's King and...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/04

It's been several weeks since King Tupou VI sent shockwaves through the Kingdom, with a letter from his Privy Council effectively withdrawing support for Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni and his foreign minister.

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47:23

Tuvalu's PM Feleti Teo to seek changes to Falepili...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/03/03

It comes after critics of the treaty raised concerns that a security clause risked compromising Tuvalu's sovereignty.

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49:16

World Rugby's "reimagined" Pacific Nations Cup -...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/02/29

World Rugby say the revamped Pacific Nations Cup, featuring Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, USA, Japan and Canada will accelerate competitiveness, but what's the reality?

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48:22

Tuvalu's new government to seek revisions to Falepili...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/02/28

It comes after the new prime minister Feleti Teo was sworn into office yesterday morning.

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44:21

Pacific traditional leaders meet in Fiji for historic...

Pacific Beat ·

2024/02/27

Traditional leaders from several Pacific countries are meeting in Fiji today in the first-ever gathering of its kind.

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