Pacific Beat

Anti-corruption officers in Solomon Islands make another high-profile arrest. And, there's been yet another legal twist in the saga of the 14 former MPs jailed for corruption.

New Caledonia cleans up after Cyclone Cook. Fiji's opposition political parties unhappy with the response they've received to their requests for changes to the electoral system. Anti-corruption investigators make another high-profile arrest in Solomon Islands.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull makes his first official visit to Papua New Guinea, for the 75th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign. And, Fiji finally get one over South Africa to take out the Hong Kong Sevens for the third year in a row, while in rugby league the PNG Hunters slump to a heavy defeat against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.

A stark warning that future generations of Papua New Guineans will be saddled with a massive debt as a result of reckless government spending. And, the World Rugby Sevens bandwagon has rolled into Hong Kong where Fiji have to win to keep their hopes of chasing down runaway series leaders South Africa.

A tropical depression threatening to develop into a cyclone has Vanuatu on edge. Concerns about the performance of Cuban doctors in Solomon Islands. PNG's decision to scrap the planned tenfold increase election nomination fees is welcomed by Transparency International.

PNG voters looking for a simplified system of governance as the national election approaches. And, despite Durban's withdrawal as host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games offering a golden opportunity, Port Moresby decides not to put itself in the running to take over.

Nauru President Baron Waqa visits Australia and public anger in New Zealand at the handling of a typhoid outbreak.

University of Papua New Guinea students unhappy about the imposition of a new graduation fee and a big batting collapse sees the Papua New Guinea cricket team crash to a 103 run defeat against the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi.

Amnesty International accuses infrastructure giant Ferrovial of being complicit in the mistreatment of refugees on Nauru. An Australian athletics club raising money for pole vaulters in the Pacific. Two women pilot a commercial plane in a first for Solomon Islands

Audiences around the world to soon have the chance to see what life is like inside one of Australia's offshore detention centres. And, after the first para-rower from Vanuatu successfully competes in an international regatta, hopes are high that other athletes with a disability will join him, allowing the country to field a team in the Tokyo Paralympics.