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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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0:50:46

Several arrested in Vanuatu over airport heist

Pacific Beat ·

2026/01/08

The Solomon Islands will not be taking part in the upcoming Miss Pacific Islands Pageant for 2026. It follows last year's controversy filled Miss Pacific event which was marred with allegations of fraudulent activities including vote tampering, which resulted in two judges being questioned by police.

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0:45:24

Police raid in Enga Province, leaves at least six dead

Pacific Beat ·

2026/01/07

Police say two men armed with M-16 assault rifles were killed when they fired on officers during an early morning raid on a village in the Tsak Valley in Enga province last Friday.

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0:47:10

PNG struggles with internet connection following...

Pacific Beat ·

2026/01/06

Many in Papua New Guinea are struggling to access the internet, weeks after the government ordered Starlink to shut down operations in the country. In mid-December, Government said the company did not have a licence to operate in the country.

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0:45:42

Tonga PM announces new cabinet

Pacific Beat ·

2026/01/05

Tonga's Prime Minister, Lord Fakafanua has announced his new 11 member Cabinet which brings new and former members together.

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0:47:13

WHO says free syringes would curb HIV rates in Fiji

Pacific Beat ·

2026/01/04

A WHO and UNDP report is calling for the introduction of free syringes curb a surge in HIV infections in Fiji. It has the support of the Fiji Medical Association president.

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0:44:49

Surviving conjoined twin Sawong recovering well in...

Pacific Beat ·

2026/01/01

PNG's surviving conjoined twin, Sawong Mitiam is recovering well at the Sydney Children's Hospital, less than a month after his brother Tom died during separation surgery.

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0:44:26

Ordeal over, stranded passengers in PNG flown home

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/30

Eighty cruise ship passengers from the grounded Coral Adventurer have arrived in back in Australia four days after their vessel ran aground in Papua New Guinea waters.

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0:43:46

Stranded cruise ship passengers to be flown home

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/29

Passengers on an Australian cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Lae, will be flown out of Papua New Guinea, after efforts to refloat the Coral Adventurer failed.

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0:48:13

Australian cruise ship stranded in PNG

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/28

Attempts to refloat an Australian cruise ship stranded on a PNG reef are expected to resume today after initial efforts on Sunday were unsuccessful.

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0:52:05

Vanuatu's 18-month teacher strike ends with...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/23

Vanuatu's National Teachers Union has ended an 18-month-long strike after reaching a $54 million settlement deal with the government, which will see teachers return to classrooms in the new year.

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0:45:51

Tonga hit with US travel restrictions

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/22

The US has listed Tonga among dozens of countries that will face travel restrictions from January 1, which will affect Tongans applying for visitor visas to the US in the new year.

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0:49:53

France postpones New Caledonia referendum

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/21

France has postponed a 2026 referendum on New Caledonia's political future, saying more dialogue is needed under the Bougival Accord.

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0:51:47

Tongan PM labels concerns over his noble status as...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/18

New Tongan PM Lord Fakafanua lables concerns over his noble status as 'fear mongering.' Also, a new report outlines how nurses and doctors in the Pacific are being poached by Australia's labour mobility scheme.

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0:52:40

Australian roads claim lives of three PNG nationals

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/17

A horror week on Australia's roads, with two accidents claiming the lives of three Papua New Guinea nationals. Also, Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka carries out his third Cabinet reshuffle since coming into power.

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0:49:55

Vanuatu still rebuilding one year on from earthquake...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/16

Life has returned to normal one year on from Vanuatu's 7.3 magnitude earthquake, but many demolished buildings are yet to be rebuilt and some locals are frustrated at the pace of repairs. Also, the wreckage of a missing Royal Australian Air Force World War II bomber is found deep in the jungle, 82 years after it vanished over Papua New Guinea.

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0:51:45

Tonga's new leader promises to unite nobles and MPs...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/15

Former Tonga speaker Lord Fakafanua is elected to the top job after winning the majority of votes in yesterday's prime ministers election. Also, a complaint has been lodged against a Japanese mega-bank for its decision to back and raise finance for a gas project in Papua New Guinea.

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0:47:03

Vanuatu's parliament ordered to debate no confidence...

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/10

Vanuatu's parliament has been ordered to sit and to debate a no confidence motion against the Prime Minister Jotham Napat.

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0:45:04

Volcanic ashfall damages food gardens on Vanuatu island

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/09

Villagers on the Vanuatu Island of Ambae say volcanic ashfall is damaging food gardens and water source.

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0:44:27

Conjoined twin: Sawong in induced coma, but stable

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/08

Surviving Papua New Guinea conjoined twin Sawong is in an induced coma recovering from surgery; his medical condition is critical but stable at a Sydney hospital.

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0:49:25

Tragedy as one twin dies following separation surgery

Pacific Beat ·

2025/12/07

Surgeons at the Sydney Children's Hospital have successfully separated Papua New Guinea conjoined twins Sawong and Tom. Tragically, one of the twins, Tom, passed away following Sunday's emergency surgery. to keep-up-to-date on the happenings in the Pacific.

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