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The medical aid NGO, Medicins Sans Frontieres, is calling on the PNG government or aid donors to provide improved long term help for the survivors of family and sexual violence. Audio

The Government may be forced to change its plans to amend employment laws in order to get the support it needs to get the legislation through Parliament. Chris Bramwell reports. Audio

The Inland Revenue Department is clarifying the rules around rebates for charitable donations as some donors may be breaching the law. Its concern is around the grey area when donors, particularly to… Audio

The government has wrapped up a consultation process over a proposed law, which is aimed at giving Maori more say over what to do with their communally-owned land. Audio

On Friday 4th of March Samoans go to the polls and this comes after campaigns that showed the political life in the country is changing. Audio

Sir Peter Kenilorea, who led the Solomon Islands into independence from Britain in the late 1970s, has died at the age of 72 after a long illness. Audio

Another key refugee service is considering turning away new migrants. Audio

Exporters and shipping companies are making a last ditch stand against a Government crackdown on shipping laws which they say will be counter-productive for the economy. Audio

The Law Council of Australia has welcomed the move by the Australian government to release an asylum seeker baby into community detention, but says more must be done. Audio

Environmental groups in the Northern Marianas are moving to take two United States government bodies to court, over an alleged failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act. Audio

The Government now has the power to sell thousands of state homes to community housing groups. Audio

Environmental groups in the Northern Marianas are moving to take two United States government bodies to court, over an alleged failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act. Audio

The new head of the Leadership Code Commission in Solomon Islands is calling for legislative change so that leaders can be held more accountable. Audio

Protesters hope a demonstration in the home town of the Maori Development Minister will send him a clear message to look again at plans to change Maori land laws. Audio

A Fiji union says government efforts to address workers rights do not go far enough, and it's asking the International Labour Organisation to continue to pressure the government to rectify these… Audio

A Fijian academic says the members of Fiji's suspended National Federation Party have a case to challenge their suspension from parliament in the courts. Audio

Fiji Opposition leader calls for international action of the suspension of another party and its MPs from parliament. Audio

It's feared that a military man could be rubber stamped as the next police commissioner in Fiji. Audio

A dispute over worker's rights in Fiji that reached the International Labour Organisation and lasted many years could finally be over. Audio

Pressure is mounting on the Australian government to allow asylum seekers who face imminent return to offshore detention on Nauru to stay in the country. Audio

Australia's highest court has thrown out a challenge to the lawfulness of the country's offshore detention of asylum seekers. Audio

A former aide to two former prime ministers in Fiji says he is afraid of returning to the country after receiving an apparent threat from Fiji's police chief via Facebook. Audio

A Nauru opposition MP says a new law that requires public servants intending to stand for parliament to quit their jobs three months before the election is designed to eliminate political rivals. Audio

The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will be signed tomorrow in Auckland. Audio

So, are there formal appeal provisions that go over and above the ISDS forum? We went to an expert in American Public Law. Audio