Regional
Nauru should be cause for concern
Thursday 19 May 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Canberra could do a lot more to encourage a move back to good governance in Nauru, according to an Australian academic.
Use of term 'Fijian' still a sensitive issue
Thursday 19 May 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – It’s a hundred years since the end of Fiji’s indentured labour system which saw thousands of Indians arrive to work in the country’s sugar plantations.
Injured guards seek compensation
Thursday 19 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Two former Wilson Security guards are desperately seeking compensation from the security company after they were injured at Australia’s offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island.
Bishop denies abuse allegations
Thursday 19 May 2016 | Published in Regional
GUAM – The head of the Catholic Church in Guam has been forced to publicly defend himself from accusations of sexual abuse, describing the allegation as part of an ongoing “malicious” attack.
'Last chance' for Samoa college
Thursday 19 May 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Students of Samoa’s Avele College were back at school this week after the college reopened under very strict conditions and the threat of permanent closure.
Prohibiting Islam a 'dangerous move'
Thursday 19 May 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A Samoan academic has warned that it could be a dangerous move to prohibit a religion in Samoa’s by law.
Survivor in Samoa
Tuesday 17 May 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Reality TV show Survivor has chosen Samoa as its location for the fifth time, with Australia’s Channel Ten announcing that Samoa was once again chosen for its rugged beauty and remoteness for the 2016 Australian season.
A magic moment for Samoa sport
Tuesday 17 May 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa staged a stunning comeback at the weekend to beat Fiji 29-26 in the cup final to win the Paris Sevens. It’s the first tournament victory for the Manu since Dubai in 2012 and reverses a 42-5 hiding suffered at the hands of their Pacific rivals in pool play a day earlier.
Detainees protesting on Manus Island
Tuesday 17 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Asylum seekers and refugees at the Manus Island centre in Papua New Guinea are staging the biggest protests there since a mass hunger strike in January 2015.
Mispronunciation a form of racism
Tuesday 17 May 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Accusations of racism have been thrown up amid complaints about commentators not pronouncing Pasifika names correctly at the recent Pacific Island Rugby League Internationals in Sydney.
Nauru medical services defended
Tuesday 17 May 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has defended the quality of hospital medical services for pregnant women in asylum seeker detention on Nauru.
Stay calm and keep your pants on
Monday 16 May 2016 | Published in Regional
Ignorance is a dangerous thing in a country like Papua New Guinea. But sometimes it can keep you from losing your pants, writes the ABC’s PNG correspondent Eric Tlozek.
Five islands claimed by the rising sea
Monday 16 May 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Sea-level rise, erosion and coastal flooding are some of the greatest challenges facing humanity from climate change.
Chamorro art to be shown at Te Papa
Monday 16 May 2016 | Published in Regional
GUAM – Indigenous artworks from Guam are being collected for an exhibition at New Zealand’s national museum in an effort to promote the culture across the region.
Pasifika vulnerable to allergy attacks
Monday 16 May 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New research shows increasing numbers of people are being hospitalised with severe allergic reactions from food – particularly Pacific islanders.
Human rights efforts challenged
Monday 16 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s support for the death penalty and its struggles with gender equality and police brutality have been criticised at a United Nations review in Geneva.
Intervention in West Papua urged
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Regional
WEST PAPUA– The chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Manasseh Sogavare, says the regional body is pushing for an urgent intervention by the United Nations in West Papua.
Mother, baby medivaced from Nauru
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A young Somali refugee woman is on life support in a Brisbane hospital after she and her newborn son were medically evacuated from Nauru in a critical condition.
PNG plane crash site looted
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The investigation into a plane crash in Papua New Guinea’s Western province last month which killed 12 people has been compromised because the wreckage was looted soon after the crash.
More jobs on Norfolk than people to fill them
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Regional
NORFOLK ISLAND –The executive director of Australia’s administration on Norfolk Island is disputing claims of widespread job losses in the island’s government.
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