5 Jun 2019

Dateline Pacific for 5/6 June 2019

From , 3:05 pm on 5 June 2019

A Fijian family may yet have their day in a European court in what's being seen as a landmark case in the fight against climate change; Police on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have called for the government to intervene as the number of refugees attempting suicide continues to rise; The director of Papua New Guinea's Tribal Foundation, Ruth Kissam, says Facebook is increasingly used to spread misleading information about sorcery allegations. She says she would support a government move to control or monitor the use of the social media platform in the country; The Solomon Islands Planning Minister Rick Hou says his government should be cautious about cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan, and; A community advocate says his Queen's Birthday Honour is recognition for all of those striving to help the Pasifika community get ahead.