Posted
| UpdatedOne man was arrested at a West Papuan demonstration outside the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra today.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, pacific, canberra-2600
Posted
| UpdatedOne of Papua New Guinea's most experienced public servants believes the appointment of a female Governor General in the near future is possible.
Topics: governors-general-and-state-governors, women, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Posted
| UpdatedNew Zealand is the least corrupt country in the world.
Topics: corruption, pacific, new-zealand
Posted
| UpdatedMeanwhile Fiji has seen marked improvement in stamping out corruption according to the CEO of the Employers Federation.
Topics: corruption, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedA school graduation ring lost by a US serviceman in Papua New Guinea 70 years ago has been found and returned to his family.
Topics: world-war-2, people, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Posted
| UpdatedThe governments of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville may have agreed to create a commission to oversee a referendum on independence in the autonomous region in two years' time, but there are still conditions laid out in the 2001 peace agreement to be met before the vote can actually go ahead.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, pacific, bougainville
Posted
| UpdatedLandowners from Papua New Guinea's gas fields have offered the government a cut price deal to purchase equity in the country's liquefied natural gas project.
Topics: oil-and-gas, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Posted
| UpdatedCoach Gareth Baber won't be the only debutant for the reigning champions Fiji at round three of the World Rugby Sevens series in Wellington.
Posted
| UpdatedAfter a break for Christmas and New Year, the World Rugby Sevens series is on the road again, with the teams rolling into Wellington for round three.
Topics: rugby-7, pacific, new-zealand
Posted
| UpdatedSix new teams will be in the mix for the Cabramatta Rugby League Nines in Sydney this weekend bringing the total number to 32 for what is the 14th year of the tournament.
Posted
| UpdatedLecturers at the University of Papua New Guinea School of Medicine and Health Sciences stopped work this week over unpaid salaries, which they say have not been paid at the agreed award rate that was negotiated in 2013.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, government-and-politics, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Posted
| UpdatedThe leader of Fiji's main opposition party says he wants a new Electoral Commission appointed as soon as possible.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedThree of Fiji's opposition political parties are in talks to form a coalition to fight the next election.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedWhen news broke that the feature film Tanna - shot on the Vanuatu island of the same name - had been nominated for an academy award, the south Pacific celebrated.
Topics: film-movies, pacific, vanuatu
Posted
| UpdatedThe new Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force says the organisation is ready to stand on its own two feet and ensure peace and stability in the country.
Topics: police, pacific, solomon-islands
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