Regional
Support for victim of coffee shop racism
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – An outpouring of social media support has buoyed a Cairns cafe worker’s spirits after a customer refused to be served by her because of the colour of her skin.
Indigenous rangers alert to coral bleaching
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – In April this year Indigenous rangers from the Crocodile Islands received an alarming photograph of a coral reef off the coast of Arnhem Land.
Sevens coach sad to leave Samoa
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Damian McGrath admits it will be an odd feeling coaching against Samoa on the upcoming World Sevens Series.
New Zealand invaded by jellyfish
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Thousands of kilometres of New Zealand coastline have been invaded by giant jellyfish, a phenomenon that has been linked to warmer sea temperatures.
Company closure shocks Samoa
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Regional
Employer of 740 workers forced to cease operation
Police seek to improve interview protocols
Wednesday 12 October 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Pilot projects to improve access to justice for police suspects will start in Fiji in November as the Pacific nation looks to bring about change in its police culture.
Pristine Pacific? Or great big rubbish dump
Tuesday 11 October 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Not all trash ends up at the dump. An estimated eight million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans worldwide in a typical year.
Pacific Games preparations struggling
Tuesday 11 October 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Tonga’s preparations to host the 2019 Pacific Games are late and in trouble,the Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva told the Tongan Parliament late last week.
'Greek tourists' stranded in Tonga
Tuesday 11 October 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Seven Georgians who arrived in Tonga as tourists on September 22 with allegedly stolen Greek passports, were arrested on Friday and charged with dealing with forged documents.
Despite exercise, Samoans get fatter
Tuesday 11 October 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – On a muggy day at Samoa’s Maninoa Beach, tired competitors in an ocean canoeing regatta take a break to let the kids expend some energy.
ABC Correspondent in PNG
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
I’m the only foreign journalist based in Papua New Guinea and I admire the sacrifices local journalists make for their jobs.
Ancient practices celebrate culture
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Some of Papua New Guinea’s most isolated villagers are being encouraged to celebrate their culture to balance the negative impacts of resource extraction and development.
'Bad things under the coconut trees'
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, blames what he calls uneducated parents for the growing number of children hawking goods in Apia at night.
'No worries' over escaped prisoners
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Members of the public in Samoa should not panic about escaped prisoners on the run. So says Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
Tongan gays push for law change
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – For the first time, Tonga’s homosexual and transgender community will call on government leaders to revise legislation in order to protect LGBTI people in the deeply conservative Christian country.
Nauru indicted by UN committee
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – The United Nations has delivered a blistering indictment of Nauru and Australia’s failure to help children in detention-like conditions, especially those driven to attempt suicide and self-harm. It slammed the Nauru’s “limited capacity” to investigate allegations of sexual assault of children and its failure to follow up complaints while also severely criticising the harsh living conditions inside Australian’s regional processing centres. The Age newspaper reports among the UN’s concerns were a lack of clean drinking water, poor sanitation, the absence of a dedicated paediatrician and the reported use of illegal corporal punishment against children at the camps. The UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child also found that Nauru has made no progress towards honouring a promise made last year to establish a human rights watchdog. The report identified “inhuman and degrading treatment, including physical, psychological and sexual abuse, against asylum seeking and refugee children”. The UN concluded that mental ill-health, including “feelings of hopeless and often suicidal ideation”, was exacerbated by prolonged uncertainty and poor living conditions inside the hot, humid camps. There were 410 people in detention on Nauru at the end of August, according to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. The CRC issued its report based on hearings in Geneva, meetings with civil society groups, Nauru’s own submissions and a review of previously published literature. The committee urged Nauru and by extension, Australia to immediately remove asylum-seeking children and their families from the RPCs, and find “permanent, sustainable resettlement options” for recognised refugees, including reasonable access to employment. It also called on Nauru to ensure that staff working at the RPCs were adequately trained in the identification of vulnerable children and those at risk of self-harm, and to develop a system to ensure incidents of self-har
New Zealand child poverty of concern to UN
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND– The UN has said in a damning report that it is deeply concerned about New Zealand’s persistently high rates of child poverty.
Fiji's Ratu Joni laid to rest
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s former vice president, the Roko Tui Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, has been buried on his home island of Bau.
Church stands by convicted rapist pastor
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A 75 year old leader and pastor of a breakaway church group in Fiji has been sentenced to 14 years 2 months imprisonment.
Therapeutic use of steroids claimed
Monday 10 October 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND– Former All Blacks Dan Carter and Joe Rokocoko both had therapeutic exemptions to use the steroids detected in their urine, according to their agents.
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