Australia hopeful for future of New Caledonia

Updated November 18, 2008 20:06:40

Australia is optimistic that New Caledonia is firmly on a peaceful path to further autonomy from France, and that there are strong prospects to build on the territory's engagement with the wider Pacific region.

presenter: Canberra correspondent Linda Mottram
Speakers: Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Duncan Kerr; Benoit Trepied, lecturer at the University of New Caledonia and visiting fellow at the Australian National University