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Pacific Beat

Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.

Podcast · By ABC Radio Australia · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Australia face foreign interference accusation over leaked text message (opens the original)

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    The Solomon Islands' Opposition has accused Australia of interfering in domestic politics, after a text message detailing treaty negotiations was leaked.

  2. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    Fiji constitutional review to be handed to Cabinet this week (opens the original)

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    A key report recommending changes to Fiji's constitution will be handed to Cabinet this week. Not yet public, the report has already raised questions over a Fijian Christian state and the role of chiefs in politics.

  3. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    PIF leaders finish talks for communique on Chinese missile test (opens the original)

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    Pacific leaders have backed a communique criticising China's recent intercontinental ballistic missile test at their most significant regional meeting.

  4. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    Police investigate armed gold bullion heist in Port Moresby (opens the original)

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    A major police investigation is underway in Papua New Guinea's capital after a group of armed men held up private security vehicles carrying gold bullion and cash.

  5. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    First days of PIF dominated by tensions between external partners (opens the original)

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    The Pacific region has been slightly sidelined in first few days of the Pacific Islands Forum have as tensions bubble between external partners, but priorities are turning back to the region focusing on drug smuggling, international crime and climate change.

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