Euthanasia legislation or the Assisted Dying Bill has passed the lower house of the Victoria parliament.

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Ua pasia i le maota i lalo o le palemene Setete o Vitoria se tulafono e mafai ai ona faamuta le ola o se tagata ua ui sona gasegase.

Euthanasia legislation or the Assisted Dying Bill has passed the lower house of the Victoria parliament.

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Ua pasia i le maota i lalo o le palemene Setete o Vitoria se tulafono e mafai ai ona faamuta le ola o se tagata ua ui sona gasegase.

There is still uncertainty over the conferral of the Malietoa title.

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E le o mautu mai se tulaga 'autasi o suli ma itu o le suafa Malietoa i se nofo.

The flaw in the over-used argument from the president of the American National Rifle Association that goes - 'the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun' - was plainly revealed when a gunman with many semi-automatic rifles shot indiscriminately at a crowd of concert-goers in Las Vegas from inside a hotel room 32 stories high. 

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O le faa'upuga masani mai le National Rifle Association i Amerika e faapea mai - pau le auala e taofia ai se tama leaga ma se fana o se tama lelei ma sana fana - ua iloa le vaivai ma le aoga ina ua mafai e se tagata e toatasi ona faaogaina ni fana malolosi e fasiotia ai tagata e toa 58 ma le lata i le toa 500 na manunu'a i Las Vegas.  E faapefea ona taofia e se tama lelei ma se fana Stephen Paddock ma ana fana taavili e 'ova i le 10 i le maualuga e 32 fogafale o le faletalimalo?

After years of running Polynesian Airlines (mostly at a loss) then a partnership with a No-Frills airline company, the government of Samoa has again embarked on another airline venture in the form of the newly formed Samoa Airways. Autagavaia Tipi reports from Apia. - Na fa'amatu'u e le malo Samoa lana kamupani vaalele le Polenisia ona o le tele o tausaga o gau. Na sosoo ai ma se faiga pa'aga ma seisi kamupani vaalele. Ae pei ona lipotia mai e Autagavaia Tipi mai Apia, ua mautu nei le fuafuaga a le malo Samoa i le toe amatalia o se kamupani vaalele fou a le malo e faaigoaina o le Samoa Airways.

After years in limbo on Manus Island and Nauru, some refugees will know in coming days whether or not they're being successfully vetted to settle in the USA. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says around 54 of them will leave Nauru and Manus for a new start in the USA. - Ua faailoa mai e le palemia Malcolm Turnbull le taliaina e le faigamalo i Amerika o tagata sulufa'i e to'a 54 o le a tuua nei nofoaga saisai i Manus Island ma Nauru mo se amataga fou i le soifuaga i Amerika.

The Commission of Inquiry into domestic violence in Samoa has begun hearing testimonies from victims of domestic violence in Samoa. This report from Autagavaia includes a segment of the testimony by the first witness, a woman who was a victim of domestic violence. - Ua amata le galuega a le Komisi su'esu'e i le mataupu i le sauaina o tina ma fanau i totonu o aiga i Samoa. I le lipoti lenei a Autagavaia Tipi mai Apia, o loo iai ma se vaega o le molimau a se tina na sauaina e lona to'alua i le tele o tausaga ua mavae.

They have been vetted by the new US administration, and the first 54 asylum seekers who have passed scrutiny will soon leave the offshore detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island to start a new life in the USA. This partial outcome is the result of an agreement between the federal government of Australia and the Barack Obama administration. - Ua mae'a ona suesueina e pei o aiaiga a le faigamalo fou i Amerika, ma ua talia le toa 54 tagata sulufai e mafai ona ulufale ma aumau i Amerika.

JAWS president Apulu Lance Polu has tendered his resignation from Samoa's peak Association of Journalists as the court in Apia handles a complaint filed against him by one of his fellow directors in the company Nonu Enterprises. This and other stories reported by Autagavaia Tipi from Apia. - Ua faamavae Apulu Lance Polu ma le tofi peresitene o le Asosi a le au tusiatala i Samoa, le JAWS, ae o tagofia e le faamasinoga i Apia se tagi e faasaga ia te ia ma le minisita o le Kapeneta ua faamavae foi ma lona tofi, Laauli Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt. O le tagi na faaulu e se tasi o sui faatonu o le Kamupani Nonu, Tevaga Peseta. Ma nisi tala mai Apia, e pei ona lipotia mai e Auatagavaia Tipi.

The prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is urging AGL to keep operating its coal-fired power station at Liddell beyond 2022. It's a move that is supported by Liberal's Coalition partner, the National Party, but strongly criticised by the Opposition and others concerned about Australia achieving its Clean Energy Target. - O loo tauanau e le palemia Malcolm Turnbull le Kamupani a le AGL e faaauau ona faafaigaluega le nofoaga gaosi eletise i Liddell i luma atu o le 2022. O le nofoaga lenei o loo gaosi ai le eletise faaogaina ai le Koale. O loo lagolagoina e le vaega upufai a le Nationals le palemia ae o loo tetee malosi iai le ituagai.