More than a third of Tuvalu citizens enter the special engagement visa ballot to permanently relocate to Australia. Also, Palau President Surangle Whipps Junior declares the Pacific Mini Games open.

The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070. It’s been met with criticism by Tuvalu's Climate Minister Maina Talia.

The people of Samoa are heading for an early election, after Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa called for the dissolution of parliament. For many observers, the failure of the budget to pass in parliament is no surprise. 

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.