Timor Leste President Jose Ramos Horta has decided against pardoning convicted former priest Richard Daschbach.

A year after the landslide at Mulitaka in Enga, there’s frustration among evacuees who say their disappointed in a lack of Government support.

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he wasn't told the truth and has directed his government to look into the suspected alcohol poisoning of guests at a Fijian resort last year.

One of the victims of last December's suspected poisoning incident at a major hotel in Fiji, has accused the Fiji Government of withholding information.

Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong has reaffirmed the government's commitment to climate action as she tours the Pacific region in her first solo overseas trip after Labor's election victory.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is today on a three country tour of the Pacific, starting in Fiji where she will meet with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and representatives of Pacific governments. Minister for the Pacific, Pat Conroy says implementing those agreements and initiatives will be the first step.

It's been exactly 25 years now since one of Fiji's darkest days. The 2000 Fiji coup. Nirmal Singh Cheema, who worked for the US Embassy in Suva, says he had been made aware about the threat of a coup and had warned the Chaudhry Government beforehand.

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio out break in Papua New Guinea after two children were diagnosed with the disease.

Former Miss Pacific Islands, Moemoana Safa'ato'a Schwenke has taken on the role as UNICEF's new Pacific regional ambassador.

There's been an increase in kava smuggling into remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory since the Federal Government lifted import restrictions according to locals and police.