Pacific Beat

The Supreme Court in Tuvalu has ruled that a by election must be held to fill the vacancy left by the death of the country's finance minister.

Questions have been raised over the long-term viability of Fiji's sugar industry, despite a big increase in payments to cane farmers.

A senior Pacific church leader is backing moves by Tonga's Free Wesleyan Church to remove ministers from having anything to do with money.

The issue of self determination for the islands of Torres Strait has re-emerged ahead of this weekend's Queensland community cabinet meeting on Thursday Island.

A naval exercise about delivering humanitarian aid to a fictitious Pacific nation involving the Australian, New Zealand, US and other navies ends today.

A Fiji charity has identified 200 children from fifteen squatter settlements in Suva and Lami being involved in child labour.

An estimated one-in-three Asian and Pacific Islanders in Guam living with HIV do not even know it.

US research has found vitamin C can kill the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.

In Fiji's northern division of Macuata police were called in to monitor the appointment of the new Tui Macuata.

After three months in the making there's still a last minute rush by six video crews to finish short movies about Cook Islands before their premiere on Saturday night in Rarotonga.

A film looking at the issues faced by young Pacific Islanders living in Melbourne will premiere tonight.

Today we pay tribute to a woman who captured the hearts of many Australians - Hazel Hawke - the former wife of Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

Researchers in Australia and the Pacific are hoping newly developed varieties of Taro will help Samoa regain its export market for the root crop.

In NRL, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs clash with Queensland rivals the Brisbane Broncos tonight in Sydney.

Football referees in Vanuatu are calling on authorities to improve security at games in Port Vila.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has told an international conference he is committed to developing his countries mineral resources in a transparent and environmentally sensitive way.

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, speaking to the EITI Conference in Sydney this morning via video.

Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs has dismissed criticism of his country's alleged involvement in Solomon Islands' internal affairs.

Australians and New Zealanders can now emigrate to Norfolk Island freely.