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The Nauru Speaker of Parliament Marcus Stephen has issued a Writ for 24 September to elect the 19 members of the 24th Parliament for a three-year term. A statement from the Nauru Government says voting on polling day will start at 7am and close at 6pm. A total of 8,054 eligible voters have registered for the 24 September election in eight...

Fiji's Attorney General, and Minister for Elections, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has tabled the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘Bill’) in parliament this morning which seeks amendment to reflect recommended changes. In preparation for the 2022 General Election, the Fijian Elections Office has recommended changes to the Electoral Act to reflect practical ways of implementing existing provisions of the Act. These amendments are also...

Japan's nuclear radioactive waste disposal plans are a fundamental breach of Pacific Peoples right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: Pacific Groups Civil society groups, non-governmental organizations and movements in the Pacific are reiterating the call that the Pacific Ocean is not a radioactive dumpsite for the Government of Japan. This call comes after Japan's recent announcement on the progression...

Australia and Papua New Guinea are mates and it’s time Australia treats Papua New Guinea the same way we treat them, says Morobe Governor Luther Wenge. He said that Australia needed labour that Papua New Guinea could supply. Wenge was reacting to statement by Sun Engineering Pty Ltd chief executive officer Mark McMonagle on the processes of visa that were impacting...

Australia won the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time in history on Monday after an amazing day two of action in Los Angeles. The 2022 series started way back in November last year and, after nine tournaments, it all came down to the bronze medal match at Dignity Health Sports Park in California, USA. Going into that...

Women in all aspects of rugby union will be celebrated throughout the region again this September during Oceania Rugby's annual Women in Rugby Month. Throughout the month of September, Oceania Rugby will be joined by its 17 Member Unions in celebrating women in rugby. The regionally lead initiative will highlight what is happening throughout Oceania and explore the significant advancements...

UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges. After 15 years, including four prior formal sessions, negotiators have yet to reach a legally binding text to address the multitude of issues facing international waters -- a zone that...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the need for dialogue to reduce the nuclear threat after countries failed to reach consensus at a conference to review the landmark Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), his Spokesperson said on Saturday. Following four weeks of intense discussions at UN Headquarters in New York, the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT ended late...

Both the United States and China need to be on board to ensure peace and bring action on climate change, Tuvalu's foreign minister said last week. Simon Kofe told Reuters at a virtual Newsmaker event that Tuvalu was mindful when approaching geopolitics in the Pacific that China needs to be involved to address challenges facing his country and the broader...

A strategy meeting of the pro-independence Caledonian Union has been told that France must give a firm and irreversible date for New Caledonia's sovereignty. The party leader Daniel Goa said the decolonisation process with its three referendums under the 1998 Noumea Accord failed to give New Caledonia its independence. The territory has been on the UN decolonisation list since 1986, based...