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Pacific Beat
Radio Australia
25 episodes
3 days ago
Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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Episodes (20/25)
Pacific Beat
Solomon Island's Police Minister calls for country to have its own army
The Solomon Island's police minister is pushing for his country to create its own defence force. Its received some support from parliamentarians but there's mixed public reaction.
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3 days ago
45 minutes 8 seconds

Pacific Beat
Papua New Guinea prepares for country’s first Catholic saint
Excitement is building in Papua New Guinea ahead of the canonisation of the country's first Catholic Saint, Peter ToRot. Also, the Australian government has backflipped on a decision guaranteeing weekly hours for workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. 
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2 weeks ago
45 minutes 56 seconds

Pacific Beat
Families of murdered 'Balibo five' still seeking justice 50 years on
Today marks the 50-year anniversary of the 'Balibo Five' - five journalists who were killed working in East Timor by Indonesian forces. Also, in Samoa, former Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa sues the man who beat her at the last election.
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2 weeks ago
45 minutes 14 seconds

Pacific Beat
Medical rescue for PNG's conjoined twins
The doctor who helped to deliver conjoined twin baby boys in a rural hospital in Papua New Guinea says he didn't think the newborns would survive. 
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2 weeks ago
47 minutes 36 seconds

Pacific Beat
Candidates scuffle at press event as Tonga's election heats up
Tonga's national election is a month away, but it's not all smiles on the campaign trail, with one candidate allegedly caught up in a scuffle at a press event. Also, Cook Islands makes history, becoming the first Pacific nation to lock in all its maritime boundaries under international law.
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2 weeks ago
47 minutes 43 seconds

Pacific Beat
Registrations open for Tonga's election as the kingdom struggles with drugs and a poor healthcare system
Dozens of candidates register for Tonga's national election as the kingdom contends with a meth epidemic, an under-resourced civil service and struggling healthcare system. Also, an extensive marine survey in Fiji finds coastal areas and coral reefs are in decline.
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3 weeks ago
48 minutes 20 seconds

Pacific Beat
Solomons police investigate origins of third narco sub
Solomon Islands police are investigating the discovery of a third narco sub — a vessel used by drug cartels to smuggle drugs. 
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3 weeks ago
45 minutes 12 seconds

Pacific Beat
Pukpuk treaty a construct for peace, not war says Marape
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister defends the signing a new defence treaty with Australia, saying his country can opt to sit out in the event of a conflict between China and Australia. Also, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele is confident he can stave off any possible no confidence vote after appointing a new finance minister.
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3 weeks ago
50 minutes 5 seconds

Pacific Beat
Samoa's leader in hospital as parliament and his own criminal trial get underway
In Samoa, parliament will convene without newly-elected prime minister Laauli-ale-malie-toa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt, who is in New Zealand receiving urgent medical treatment. Also, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape arrives in Australia for the signing of the Pukpuk Treaty.
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3 weeks ago
45 minutes 4 seconds

Pacific Beat
Australia and PNG cement military alliance with approval of new defence treaty
A landmark defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea has been approved, with PNG's Prime Minister James Marape saying it will elevate the two countries' security relationship to its highest level in history. Also, Australia's Minister for Climate Change hosts Niue's Prime Minister and ministers from seven Pacific countries in Sydney.
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1 month ago
50 minutes 26 seconds

Pacific Beat
Fiji’s Labour Party accuses Rabuka of posing with ‘wax version’ Trump
The Fiji Labour Party accuses PM Sitiveni Rabuka of lying about meeting US president Donald Trump after posting a photo with a wax model version of him on Facebook. Also, we look at what it would mean for Pacific people to have COP 31 hosted in their own backyard.
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1 month ago
47 minutes 2 seconds

Pacific Beat
Mangroves turn black as oil from WW2 shipwreck reaches FSM shoreline
A motion of no confidence is being planned against Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele as tensions flare over sufferance wharves. Also, leaders in the Federated States of Micronesia fear a toxic oil leak from a World War Two shipwreck may just be the tip of the ice berg of what is to come.
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1 month ago
52 minutes 17 seconds

Pacific Beat
Counter Terrorism Operations underway in PNG's highlands to curb gun violence
Business leaders praise counter terrorism operations in PNG's highlands to confiscate all guns and sentence gun owners to long periods in jail. Also, a PNG court throws out a compensation case against mining giant Rio Tinto for human rights violation and environmental damage.
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1 month ago
47 minutes 51 seconds

Pacific Beat
Toroama vows to deliver Bougainville independence after landslide election win
Ishmael Toroama will return as President of Bougainville following a landslide victory which saw him secure close to 70 per cent of votes. Also, Four Fijian men are jailed in Australia over a failed attempt to smuggle more than two tonnes of cocaine in 2022.
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1 month ago
50 minutes 24 seconds

Pacific Beat
Palau's president disappointed by Trump's climate hoax speech
Palau's president Surangel Whipps Junior says he was disappointed by Donald Trump's UN speech, which labelled climate change a scam and rubbished efforts to reduce emissions. He says all developed countries need to take responsibility for climate change.
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1 month ago

Pacific Beat
Trump uses UN general assembly to rubbish climate change in front of Pacific leaders
The impacts of climate change are undermined by the world's most powerful man, U-S President Donald Trump, who called it a great big hoax. Also, Solomon Islands Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum chair Jeremiah Manele calls on development partners to contribute to the Pacific Resillience Facility.
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1 month ago
50 minutes 34 seconds

Pacific Beat
A recent UN meeting sees Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speak out on gender equality.
Vanuatu declares it will sign a new policing agreement with China as the landmark Nakamal pact between Australia and the Pacific Island nation hangs in the balance.
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1 month ago

Pacific Beat
Former Solomons' premier and China critic fronts court over 2021 riot
The trial of prominent China critic and former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani has started in the Solomons' capital, Honiara, with prosecutors accusing the politician of planning and backing a 2021 riot.
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1 month ago

Pacific Beat
Focus on climate as world leaders gather for UNGA in New York
As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Pacific activists have staged climate action events across the region.
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1 month ago
47 minutes 39 seconds

Pacific Beat
Pacific leaders demand more from Australia's new 2035 climate target
Papua New Guineans reflect on the country's 50th Independence Day celebrations and question whether the three days of public holidays have united the thousands of tribes. Also, Australia unveils new climate targets, pledging to cut emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035.
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1 month ago
43 minutes 16 seconds

Pacific Beat
Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.