Legalise kava production, says Bundaberg Regional Council in submission to DFAT
A local government in Queensland is seeking to grow a crop that has been banned in Australia for more than 20 years as it...
Fiji records 467 new cases of COVID-19, three deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 467 new cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths Sunday, increasing the total number of cases to 40,167 and 369 deaths...
Pacific leaders agree to continue dialogue with Micronesia to avoid PIF collapse
Pacific Island leaders agreed to continue the dialogue among the nations to heal the fracture brought about by the withdrawal of the Micronesian countries...
PNG PM Marape to address Parliament, nation on Bougainville issue
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape will make a ministerial statement in Parliament on Wednesday to update the nation on the results of...
Tonga proposes mandatory death penalty for illicit drugs traffickers
Tonga is considering a mandatory death sentence for offenders who traffic five kilograms or more of a Class A drug.
An amendment bill tabled in...
40 percent of COVID-19 patients in Fiji on oxygen support – Dr Tudravu
Four COVID-19 patients in Fiji who are considered to be in severe condition are on ventilators and 74 patients are on oxygen support in...
Five NZ judges appointed to assist Samoa bench
Five High Court Judges from New Zealand have been appointed as Acting Judges of the Supreme Court of Samoa for a period of two...
Pacific Islands regionalism critical amid geopolitical ‘contest of wills’: U.S Rep Case
Amid a regional rift among the countries of the Pacific Islands Forum and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, U.S representative...
Forum stronger together: Cook Islands PM
As a proud founding member of the Forum, the Cook Islands has always taken the view that we are stronger together” says Prime Minister...
New police patrol boat for Kiribati
Kiribati is the latest recipient of a new police patrol boat donated by Australia.
Radio Kiribati reports the RKS Teanoai II arrived in Kiribati waters...
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Vanuatu Parliament to debate no-confidence motion against PM Napat Friday
Vanuatu leader of the Opposition and President of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Ishmael Kalsakau, welcomed Wednesday's decision of the Court of Appeal...
Australian diplomacy must be principled, agile and proactive: DFAT Secretary Adams
Australia’s top diplomat says Australian diplomacy is being reshaped to meet a more dangerous and complex world, with a sharper focus on the Indo-Pacific,...
Global health is out of balance: WHO’s Dr Piukala
WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has warned that global health systems are fundamentally out of balance, despite major...