Dateline Pacific for Friday 15 August 2014

3:06 PM.Fiji Labour Party likely to survive the Chaudhry setback - academic; Misinformation spread on Bougainville mining bill, according to the Autonomous Bougainville Government; On Papua New Guinea's Manus… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.An academic says the Fiji Labour Party is likely to survive after the conviction of its leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, but will have to take a new form. Audio

3:03 PM.Bougainville confident all the people will embrace new mining law despite sniping from some quarters Audio

5:06 AM.On Papua New Guinea's Manus Island locals want detention centre to stay; Voter education is underway in Fiji; Also in Fiji, another senior union official steps down to contest the election; Refugees… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.The governor of Papua New Guinea's Manus Island says most locals are grateful Australia opened an asylum-seeker processing centre there because people have more money in their pockets as a result. Audio

5:04 AM.Efforts are underway in Fiji to make sure people know how to vote in the upcoming election, the first since the 2006 coup. Audio

5:01 AM.A professor of sustainable energy says the Pacific needs to do more to reduce its carbon emissions, particularly in the transport sector. Audio