Pacific Waves for Tuesday 12 November 2019
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Dateline Pacific for 12 November 2019
6:04 AM.A trial beginning on Tuesday in Nauru has been called "a parody of justice"; Vanuatu's Labour Commissioner says her decision to refuse an application for the renewal of a work permit for the Daily… Read more Audio
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Trenchant criticism as trial for 'Nauru 19' gets underway
6:03 AM.A trial beginning on Tuesday in Nauru has been called "a parody of justice". Read more Audio
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Vanuatu labour chief defends refusal of media head's permit
6:02 AM.Vanuatu's Labour Commissioner says her decision to refuse an application for the renewal of a work permit for the Daily Post's media director is about localisation of employment positions, and not… Read more Audio
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Behaviour not culture behind Samoa baby deaths - Director of Health
6:01 AM.Samoa's Director of Health says behavioural and not cultural issues have contributed to the recent deaths of babies in the country. Read more Audio
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Confronting the 'double headed' health crisis in the Pacific
6:00 AM.The region is confronting what the head of the Pacific Community calls a "double-headed crisis" with the climate crisis and the non-communicable disease crisis. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 12 December 2019
5:06 AM.Ninety seven percent of votes cast in the Bougainville referendum have backed independence; there are fears indigenous voices are not being heard at climate talks in Madrid; the Cook Islands Deputy… Read more Audio
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Overwhelming independence result in Bougainville referendum
5:05 AM.Ninety seven percent of votes cast in the Bougainville referendum have backed independence. Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 12 December 2019
5:05 AM.Ninety seven percent of votes cast in the Bougainville referendum have backed independence; there are fears indigenous voices are not being heard at climate talks in Madrid; the Cook Islands Deputy… Read more Audio
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Indigenous voices drowned out at Madrid climate talks
5:04 AM.There are fears indigenous voices are not being heard at climate talks in Madrid. Audio
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Cooks water quality campaigners dismissed as extremists
5:03 AM.The Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister is characterising opponents to the use of chlorine in Rarotonga's new water system as uninformed extremists. Audio
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Apprehension in New Caledonia amid Vale's restructure
5:01 AM.Apprehension in New Caledonia amid Vale's plans to restructure and sell its nickel asset. Audio
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Women call for end to structural and systematic barriers
5:00 AM.More than 150 civil society groups in the region say they are disappointed at the outcome of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting on the review of women's human rights in Beijing last week. Audio
