Dateline Pacific evening edition for 3 July 2018

Nauru has banned Australia's public broadcaster from attending this year's Pacific Islands Forum; violent unrest in Papua New Guinea's Hela and Southern highlands could be spreading to other provinces; Tonga is invited to the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise but China is excluded; manufacturers of sugar-laden products step up lobbying in the Pacific; the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival is underway in Solomon Islands.