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.

  1. hace 17 h

    Fiji's top prosecutor defends immunity deals in cocaine case

    A trial for sixteen people charged with trafficking two-point six tonnes cocaine allegedly bound for Australia, could begin as early as February. Among them are four Ecuadorian men who allegedly sailed the cocaine across the Pacific to Fiji in a narco-submarine.

  2. hace 3 d

    Board under pressure to step aside and allow a new body to take over rugby in Samoa

    World Rugby is understood to have given the Government of Samoa an ultimatum: accept a review of its decision to cut funding for Lakapi Samoa, or risk a ban from international competition.

  3. hace 4 d

    Vanuatu marks 46 years of independence

    Vanuatu is marking 46 years of independence today with mass celebrations and a speech by the country's Prime Minister.

  4. hace 5 d

    One body recovered from Gold Ridge mine landslide

    It's been three days since a landslide occurred at Gold Ridge Mine, 26 kilometres from the Solomon Islands capital, Honiara. One body was recovered yesterday from the landslide, but Acting Police Commissioner James Aitorea says it's too early to know, if more bodies are buried under the rubble.

  5. hace 6 d

    No reports of fatalities in Solomon Islands landslide

    In the Solomon Islands, there are fears people could be missing after a massive landslide at the country's only large-scale gold mine in Guadalcanal Province.

  6. 26 jul

    Failed prosecutions raise questions about FICAC

    Fiji's corruption watchdog, FICAC has dropped charges against prominent political commentator Charlie Charters, who says a flawed process is resulting in failed prosecutions.

  7. 23 jul

    Vanuatu chiefs apologise after backlash over female leader appointment

    Vanuatu's House of Chiefs has apologised after a public backlash over its call to revoke the appointment of Dr Anna Naupa as the new Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

  8. 22 jul

    Two bodies recovered as search continues for missing boat passengers off East New Britain

    The bodies of two women have been recovered from the sinking of a boat off of East New Britain over the weekend. Twenty-five others remain missing at sea.

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

Ficha técnica

  • Canal
    ABC News
  • Creado por
    ABC Radio Australia
  • Años en activo
    2006 - 2026
  • Episodios
    33
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © Copyright 2026, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.
  • Sitio web del podcast
    Pacific Beat

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