Regional
Extra $35m in Australian aid for Vanuatu
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The Australian Government has committed an extra A$35 million of aid to help with the cyclone recovery effort in Vanuatu.
Japan pledges $578m to Pacific
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
IWAKI – Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has pledged A$578 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters.
Accused 'witch' hacked to death
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A woman who was saved from being killed in a sorcery-related attack in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands earlier this year has reportedly been hacked to death by a group of men.
Pacific peoples benefit from Budget 2015, minister says
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – Pacific people in New Zealand will benefit from Budget 2015 through our government’s focus on supporting families and reducing hardship, Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga said.
Pacific islanders are too poor to be thin
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – When it comes to being overweight or obese, the causes and remedies are far more complex than they might at first appear.
Rotumans look to revive endangered culture
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji Rotuman Association is hoping the government can aid them in efforts to save a culture which is on the UN Endangered list.
Island to export medical marijuana
Saturday 23 May 2015 | Published in Regional
KINGSTON – A decision to grant a licence to grow medicinal cannabis on Norfolk Island has sparked renewed calls for the drug to be made available to Australian patients.
Refugees offered resettlement
Friday 22 May 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – 129 asylum seekers at the Australian-run centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have been officially declared refugees and are being offered the choice of staying in PNG.
Nauru abuse referred to commission
Friday 22 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – A Royal Commission into child sex abuse in Australia has been asked to include recent allegations of abuse on children in Australia’s offshore immigration detention centres, including the asylum seeker processing camps on Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.
Arrows fired in market clash
Friday 22 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A man had an arrow fired into his eye socket after a tribal fight in the suburbs of Papua New Guinea’s capital this week.
Duty of care to detainees remains with Australia
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
The Senate inquiry into conditions at the Nauru immigration detention facility revealed that physical abuse, including sexual abuse, poor sanitation and unhygienic living conditions characterise this Australian government-sponsored centre.
Tahiti's race for decolonisation 'is not a sprint'
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PAPEETE – A special advisor to a pro-independence politician in French Polynesia says the leaders of the movement are aware the journey to self-determination is going to be a long run, not a sprint.
'Seedy, toxic environment' unveiled
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Save the Children has told an Australian Senate inquiry into allegations of physical and sexual assault at the Nauru detention centre that it had raised concerns about substandard conditions long before the Moss Review was released.
Australia attempting to 'imbed' in Bougainville
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
Regional News Opinion. Amid elections on Bougainville, news has broken that the Abbott Australian government has plans establish a new diplomatic mission in this autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.
Bougainville wants travel ban lifted
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
BUKA – Amid a brewing regional diplomatic crisis, Bougainville’s president has called on Papua New Guinea to overturn a travel ban on Australians, saying it breaches the spirit of the peace agreement that allows the island its autonomy.
Committed to ending child violence
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The United Nations says Pacific leaders are showing they are committed to ending high rates of violence against children in the region.
Report confirms violence epidemic
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – High rates of domestic violence, including brutality against pregnant women, in the South Pacific have been documented in a new Unicef report.
Fiji chiefs assert control of affairs
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
BA – The formation of a non-governmental organisation set up by a group of influential chiefs in the Ba Province of Fiji has stirred the ire of Ba Provincial Council chairman, Ratu Tevita Momedonu, who claims the group is “ill-advised”.
Pacific leaders in Japan for alliance meeting
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
TOKYO – Pacific leaders are now gathering in Japan for this week’s Pacific Alliance Leaders’ Meeting, or PALM.
Samoa PM brushes aside airline advice
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The Samoan Prime Minister has downplayed calls for his government to defer plans to restart international Polynesian Airlines flights.
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