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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-10-02T10:41:57+11:00 2008-10-02T10:41:57+11:00 A former New Zealand MP has suggested that parliament set a aside a week a year to allow politicians to build closer links with their Pacific counterparts.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2379957.htm2008-10-02T10:41:57+11:00A Pacific forum official says security in some parts of the Pacific is at risk if Australia ends financial support for 22 naval patrol boats operating in 12 countries.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2379514.htm2008-10-01T20:05:52+11:00The New Zealand government is making changes to the labour scheme which sees thousands of Pacific Islanders travel to the country to do seasonal work.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2378323.htm2008-09-30T16:46:56+11:00An Australian Defence Department report recommends scrapping a program which provides patrol boats to help South West Pacific island nations secure their borders.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2378322.htm2008-09-30T16:46:56+11:00Corruption, poverty and disease are threatening the viability of Melanesian countries, according to a Pacific co-operation symposium being held in New Zealand.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2378317.htm2008-09-30T16:46:56+11:00The New Zealand government is making changes to the labour scheme which sees thousands of Pacific Islanders travel to the country to do seasonal work.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2378034.htm2008-09-30T14:27:45+11:00Australia's guest worker trial scheme which is involving Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu and PNG is unlikely to be up and running till some time next year.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2377235.htm2008-09-29T18:09:03+11:00The Commonwealth has reiterated its call for Fiji to hold parliamentary elections before it considers changes to its governmental structure.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2377232.htm2008-09-29T16:37:40+11:00Small island developing nations, which contribute least to climate change, but which will be affected the most because of rising sea levels, have appealed to the United Nations for help.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2376123.htm2008-09-28T07:33:02+11:00Authorities in four Pacific nations have ordered imported Chinese milk products to be removed from sale.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2375617.htm2008-09-26T17:17:09+11:00Australia has signed a United Nation's treaty aimed at combating illegal logging.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2374578.htm2008-09-26T04:12:59+11:00The World Health Organisation is warning of a spreading epidemic of dengue fever through the Asia-Pacific region.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2372939.htm2008-09-24T11:15:52+11:00Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has written to the Pacific Islands Forum saying Fiji wants to re-engage with the Forum.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2372191.htm2008-09-23T14:48:50+11:00A report by international aid agency World Vision says the negative effects of climate change are becoming more evident in coastal areas across the Asia Pacific Region.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2372185.htm2008-09-23T14:48:49+11:00The World Health Organisation's representative in Samoa says too much money is being spent on preventing birdflu from reaching the Pacific at the expense of combatting dengue fever.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2368750.htm2008-09-19T08:41:07+11:00An international call centre operator says Pacific Island countries need to change their attitude if they're to attract investment in the industry.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2368754.htm2008-09-19T08:41:07+11:00The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission is launching a new disaster risk management website for the Pacific region.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2367519.htm2008-09-18T01:20:06+11:00The European Union says it will do more to help Pacific Island nations deal with climate change and tackle the ongoing problem of illegal fishing.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2367235.htm2008-09-17T15:28:42+11:00Senior government officials from a number of Pacific islands are in the Cuban capital, Havana, for the first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2366887.htm2008-09-17T11:57:37+11:00The Asian Development Bank has warned that the atoll nations of the Pacific will be hardest hit by rising fuel and food prices, notably Kiribati, Mashall Islands and Tuvalu.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2366109.htm2008-09-16T17:52:37+11:00Canadian non-profit organisation SAWA Global will launch a program to encourage video journalism in the Pacific this Saturday.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2366166.htm2008-09-16T15:33:31+11:00The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation is providing more than $US2 million to Pacific island countries for emergency food assistance.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2366165.htm2008-09-16T15:33:31+11:00A coalition of Catholic religious orders is calling on the Australian government to provide amnesty for people who've been illegally smuggled into the country.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2366164.htm2008-09-16T15:33:30+11:00A new report shows one quarter of all birds in the world that face extinction are found in the Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2365074.htm2008-09-15T15:53:54+11:00A maritime surveillance operation is underway in the South Pacific involving authorities from 10 Pacific countries and Australia, France and the United States.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2362989.htm2008-09-12T19:51:00+11:00