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Stories
US Unions critical of Fiji's record on workers rights
The trade union movement in the United States says they don't necessarily want Fiji to be punished with loss of preferential access to the US market because of its record on workers rights.
Fiji Trades Union Congress secretary Felix Anthony visits Australia
One of the union leaders being criticised by the interim government as "un-Fijian" for raising concerns internationally about workers rights is in Australia at the moment.
Police on Nauru consider laying charges against some asylum seekers
Nauruan Police are still deciding wether or not to charge a group of up to 15 asylum seekers who started a riot on the island on Sunday.
World Vision wants to expand PNG tuberculosis program
World Vision Australia says reports that it is ending a tuberculosis program in Papua New Guinea are simply not true.
Medicine Sans Frontiers launches internet TV site
The Australian branch of the humanitarian medical organisation Medicine Sans Frontiers, or Doctors without Borders, has launched its own internet television service to bring it's work to the general public.
NZ scientists breed a cow with milk that's nonallergenic
Scientists in New Zealand say they've bred the world's first cow that can produce milk that doesn't cause allergic reactions in humans.
A call for urgent action to save the Great Barrier Reef
Australian environmentalists are calling for urgent action to save the World Heritage Listed, Great Barrier Reef after a study claimed more than half of its coral has died in the past 27 years.
California's state government adopts leatherback turtles
The Government of California has passed into law a bill to help protect an endangered turtle that swims from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to America and back.
Organised crime infiltrates the tropical timber business
The United Nations says organised crime has increasingly moved into the world's timber trade including forests in tropical countries, including Papua New Guinea.
PNG to raise Papuan rights with Indonesia
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says he will raise concerns over human rights abuses committed by the Indonesian Military in the Indonesian province of Papua with the government of Indonesia.
PNG needs to spread the benefits of the boom
The Asian Development Bank's country economist on Papua New Guinea, Aaron Batten says the new government is making the right decision in repairing the country's infrastructure.
Indigenous doctors look to integrate traditional and modern medicine
The 6th Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors' Congress Conference (PRIDoC) is underway in the centre of Australia in Alice Springs.
Guam suffering speech therapist shortage
A shortage of speech therapists on Guam could be detrimental to the development of children and stroke victims on the island territory.
Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral
A sobering study released today shows that more than half of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has disappeared over the past 27 years.
Gender no barrier to high office in Samoa
In Samoa, Vaosa Epa has been reappointed as the Chief Exectuive Officer of Samoa's Cabinet and the Ministry of Prime Minister.
Fijians ignoring medical advice on elephantiasis
A study by The World Health Organisation and Fiji's Health Department shows that people in Fiji suffering with lymophatic filariasis are not taking their tablets.
Melbourne Storm faithful show their support
Melbourne Storm fans turned out in force yesterday to welcome their team home after Sunday's NRL Grand Final win over the Canterbury Bulldogs.
American Samoa to repay overtime
The American Samoa Government has to pay more than $900,000 in overtime to employees shortchanged in 2010 and 2011.
Pacific prepares for oil spill catastrophe
Training in Maritime Oil Spill and Emergency Preparedness opened at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme in Apia, Samoa today.
Cook Islands work to involve more women in decision making
Cook Islands women are having their bi-ennial meeting this week in Rarotonga running parallel to the Commonwealth Local Governance Project.
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