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The Fiji Sugar and General Workers' Union says two thirds of members that are sugar mill workers have voted to take strike action. The union leadership says the workers earn...

The caretaker Health Minister in Tonga, Dr Viliami Tangi, says he's standing in the November election to ensure continuity. Dr Tangi is one of three Cabinet Ministers among the 147...

The Marshall Islands electoral office will this week begin taking the names of Marshall Islanders wanting to stand in this year's national and local elections. The office is starting to...

The deputy leader of the opposition in the Papua New Guinea parliament, Sam Basil, says efforts are underway to try and create a caretaker government. He says with friction in...

The law commission of the French national assembly has approved a government plan for French Polynesia which provides for an early general election next year under a new electoral system.

Papua New Guinea Parliamentarians have nominated Sir Paulias Matane, a former secretary of Foreign Affairs, as Governor General. It is the third attempt to fill the post which has been...

The vice president of the Cook Islands Party says their candidates in the November general election will campaign on the need for financial stability and better welfare support for people...

The low voter turnout at municipal elections in Fiji is not expected to be repeated in the general elections. Only 20,000 people of the 70,000 registered, actually cast a vote...

The passing of democratic reforms in Tonga has been delayed with MPs disagreeing over a government proposal that candidates would have to reside in their electorates for five months ahead...

A Cook Islands business woman who's campaigned for political reform is part of a new group encouraging women to enter politics. Teina McKenzie says they want to see more balanced...

The president of the French Polynesian assembly, Edouard Fritch, says the French proposal to reform the territory's political system has all the elements to perpetuate the instability. This comes…

In Solomon Islands, the North Malaita constituency has a new Member of Parliament, Vika Lusibaea, the second female MP to be elected into the country's parliament. Mrs Lusibaea, originally from...

French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party says it can play a decisive role in forming a stable majority following the second round of voting for the territorial assembly. Its leaders have...

A damaging rift in Vanuatu's oldest political party has been mended after a reconciliation ceremony at the weekend. The rift in the Vanuaaku Pati undermined the administration of Edward Natapei...

India faces suspension by the International Olympic Committee due to government interference in the forthcoming election of its national Olympic body. In a letter to the Indian Olympic Association…

The Solomon Islands Police Commissioner says he's not expecting next month's national election to bring a repeat of the riots that marred the last election. Police Commissioner Peter Marshall says...

The authorities in Solomon Islands say today's general election has been relatively trouble free. That's despite reports of long queues and some people finding their names were not on the...

There's outrage in Fiji after allegations in a High Court writ that millions of dollars were spent by interim cabinet ministers to buy votes in last year's general election. The...

The chairperson of Vanuatu's Electoral Commission, John Taleo, says he is considering whether to postpone the upcoming provincial elections. Fresh from an error-ridden general election, the Commission…

The Bougainville Elections Office says it is confident it will be in a position to name a new president of the autonomous Papua New Guinea province during the Christmas period.