Pacific Beat

News & Politics Podcasts

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

Episodes

Pacific regional forum on deep sea mining accused of 'blue washing'

Vanuatu cabinet signs off on agreements with both Australia and China

Vanuatu willing to take legal route against France over Matthew and Hunter Islands

Vanuatu man pleads not guilty to murder, saying he was asked to amputate victim's leg

Vanuatu man pleads not guilty to murder in Queensland over botched amputation attempt

Algorithm of Shame, Fijian documentary focuses on the effects of social media from a Pacific lens

Ash clouds rising over the Bismarck Sea from submarine volcanic eruption

Pacific Police Chiefs meet with AFP to tackle illegal drug trade

The great escape - Vanuatu United pull off dramatic win over Bula FC to secure a Pro League semi-final spot

Planned Vanuatu beach club raises environmental fears for locals

New Solomon Islands PM signals 'change is coming'

Fuel price increase warnings trigger panic buying in Papua New Guinea

Convicted paedophile and ex-priest listed for pardon ahead of Timor-Leste Independence Day

Outcry in Timor-Leste against second proposal to pardon convicted paedophile and ex-priest

Gold smuggling in PNG intercepted more frequently as the National Airports Corporation works together with Customs

Call for a rethink on Australia's development investment in the Pacific as a way to nip tribal violence in the bud

Solomon Islands public frustrated with parliamentary stagnation as new PM to be decided today

Form book favours Vanuatu Utd in OFC Pro League showdown with Pacific rivals Bula FC

New Solomon Islands PM to be chosen today

Solomons islands' new prime minister to be decided in parliament today