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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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0:46:40

Samoa Police rule out parade permits ahead of Pacific...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/11/06

The police in Apia say no permits will be issued for pre‑game parades ahead of Toa Samoa's Pacific Championships final against New Zealand. And tribal fighting in PNG's highlands has delayed the funerals for the 21 victims of Enga landslide.

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0:47:45

Fiji growers plagued by plant diseases and theft as...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/11/05

The price of kava is booms in Fiji but growers are struggling to capitalise amidst threats from plant diseases and theft. And a new film illustrates how Solomon Islands is buckling under the pressure of Australia's insatiable fast fashion habits and under-regulated disposal practices.

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0:44:43

Survival chances slim for conjoined twins as PNG...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/11/04

Doctors at PNG's biggest hospital say the chances of survival for conjoined twin baby boys are slim and surgery to separate them is not an immediate priority. Also, a young man in Solomon Islands receives treatment after a World War II bomb caused a large explosion in the capital, Honiara.

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Fears of more landslides after 21 are killed after...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/11/03

People living near a landslide that killed 21 people in the countries rugged highlands, fear there could be another one as heavy rain continues to fall. Also, Tongans will head to the polls to elect a new batch of MPs after a turbulent period in local politics.

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Pacific nations vote against two-state solution for...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/11/02

As Israel finds itself increasingly isolated from the international community over its war in Gaza, many Pacific Island governments continue to maintain unconditional support for the Israeli government. Also, Fiji is now home to the Pacific's first Cryo Lab.

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0:49:06

Honiara rocked as WWII bomb detonates, injuring one

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/30

Solomon Islands is rocked by a large explosion overnight after a WW2 bomb detonated in West Honiara. Also, an Australian-gifted patrol boat which ran aground in Vanuatu returns to Australia for repairs amid questions over what really happened to it.

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0:45:08

Solomon Island's Police Minister calls for country to...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/29

The Solomon Island's police minister is pushing for his country to create its own defence force. Its received some support from parliamentarians but there's mixed public reaction.

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0:45:56

Papua New Guinea prepares for country’s first...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/16

Excitement is building in Papua New Guinea ahead of the canonisation of the country's first Catholic Saint, Peter ToRot. Also, the Australian government has backflipped on a decision guaranteeing weekly hours for workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme.

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0:45:14

Families of murdered 'Balibo five' still seeking...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/15

Today marks the 50-year anniversary of the 'Balibo Five' - five journalists who were killed working in East Timor by Indonesian forces. Also, in Samoa, former Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa sues the man who beat her at the last election.

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0:47:36

Medical rescue for PNG's conjoined twins

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/13

The doctor who helped to deliver conjoined twin baby boys in a rural hospital in Papua New Guinea says he didn't think the newborns would survive.

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0:47:43

Candidates scuffle at press event as Tonga's election...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/12

Tonga's national election is a month away, but it's not all smiles on the campaign trail, with one candidate allegedly caught up in a scuffle at a press event. Also, Cook Islands makes history, becoming the first Pacific nation to lock in all its maritime boundaries under international law.

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0:48:20

Registrations open for Tonga's election as the...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/09

Dozens of candidates register for Tonga's national election as the kingdom contends with a meth epidemic, an under-resourced civil service and struggling healthcare system. Also, an extensive marine survey in Fiji finds coastal areas and coral reefs are in decline.

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0:45:12

Solomons police investigate origins of third narco sub

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/08

Solomon Islands police are investigating the discovery of a third narco sub — a vessel used by drug cartels to smuggle drugs.

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0:50:05

Pukpuk treaty a construct for peace, not war says Marape

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/06

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister defends the signing a new defence treaty with Australia, saying his country can opt to sit out in the event of a conflict between China and Australia. Also, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele is confident he can stave off any possible no confidence vote after appointing a new finance minister.

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0:45:04

Samoa's leader in hospital as parliament and his own...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/05

In Samoa, parliament will convene without newly-elected prime minister Laauli-ale-malie-toa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt, who is in New Zealand receiving urgent medical treatment. Also, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape arrives in Australia for the signing of the Pukpuk Treaty.

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0:50:26

Australia and PNG cement military alliance with...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/02

A landmark defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea has been approved, with PNG's Prime Minister James Marape saying it will elevate the two countries' security relationship to its highest level in history. Also, Australia's Minister for Climate Change hosts Niue's Prime Minister and ministers from seven Pacific countries in Sydney.

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0:47:02

Fiji’s Labour Party accuses Rabuka of posing with...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/10/01

The Fiji Labour Party accuses PM Sitiveni Rabuka of lying about meeting US president Donald Trump after posting a photo with a wax model version of him on Facebook. Also, we look at what it would mean for Pacific people to have COP 31 hosted in their own backyard.

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0:52:17

Mangroves turn black as oil from WW2 shipwreck...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/09/30

A motion of no confidence is being planned against Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele as tensions flare over sufferance wharves. Also, leaders in the Federated States of Micronesia fear a toxic oil leak from a World War Two shipwreck may just be the tip of the ice berg of what is to come.

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0:47:51

Counter Terrorism Operations underway in PNG's...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/09/29

Business leaders praise counter terrorism operations in PNG's highlands to confiscate all guns and sentence gun owners to long periods in jail. Also, a PNG court throws out a compensation case against mining giant Rio Tinto for human rights violation and environmental damage.

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0:50:24

Toroama vows to deliver Bougainville independence...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/09/28

Ishmael Toroama will return as President of Bougainville following a landslide victory which saw him secure close to 70 per cent of votes. Also, Four Fijian men are jailed in Australia over a failed attempt to smuggle more than two tonnes of cocaine in 2022.

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