Pacific Waves for Tuesday 1 September 2015

3:06 PM.A scathing Australian senate report on the Nauru asylum seeker detention centre is dismissed as a witch-hunt; the United Nations is expecting a challenge in dealing with the drought in Papua New… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Australia's government has dismissed a Senate inquiry into the country's asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru as a political witch hunt by an opposition-dominated committee. Audio

3:04 PM.UN agencies in Papua New Guinea are making preparations to help if the drought threatening the country becomes more severe and its impacts are felt widely. Audio

5:05 AM.Families in Bougainville continue their cries for the return of missing loved ones; The Commonwealth is calling for more of a youth focus in Pacific development policy; A "Clean and Green" campaign in… Read more Audio

5:03 AM.The Commonwealth Youth Programme is urging governments in the Pacific to put young people at the forefront of their development policies. Audio

5:02 AM.Greater efforts are being made to get people in Tonga involved in keeping the country clean, green and beautiful. Audio