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Pacific Waves for Wednesday 13 August 2014
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 13 August 2014
3:06 PM.Advocate says Australian government has no long-term plans for refugees; PNG leader could face a Leadership Tribunal; Access to funds expected to play big part in Solomon elections; Police in Samoa… Read more Audio
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Advocate says refugees in Nauru and PNG have nowhere to go
3:05 PM.An advocate says the Australian government's haphazard policies towards asylum seekers have left genuine refugees on Nauru and Papua New Guinea, with nowhere to go. Audio
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PNG leader could face a Leadership Tribunal
3:04 PM.Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister could face a Leadership Tribunal after a referral by the Ombudsman Commission over a controversial government loan. Audio
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Access to funds expected to play big part in Solomon elections
3:03 PM.A Solomon Islands academic expects the upcoming election will again be characterised by people voting for MPs who they think will give them access to development funds, rather than voting for them on… Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 13 August 2014
5:05 AM.A resort project in French Polynesia looks likely to be declared a 'special zone'; Tonga is urged to expand its agriculture exports; Fiji's newest political party outlines its manifesto; A group of… Read more Audio
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Samoan police preparing for SIDS conference
5:04 AM.The Samoa police are testing the country's readiness for the Small Islands Developing States Conference next month. Audio
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Tahiti resort to have special labour laws
5:03 AM.The French Polynesian government is planning to declare the proposed Mahana Beach Resort a "special zone" with different labour laws than the rest of the territory. Audio
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Tonga urged to expand agriculture exports
5:02 AM.The chair of the Tongan Advisory Council in New Zealand says Tonga needs to focus on expanding its agricultural industry to an export market. Audio