Liam Fox
ABC.net.au
Melbourne, FL, United States
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Tongan voters focused on worsening drug crisis and corruption concerns as nation heads to the ballot box today
While climate change and COVID-19 have dominated the news cycle, Tonga's battle with corruption and drug use are also front of mind for voters as they head to the polls. → Read More
Australia plans to stop AstraZeneca vaccine production — but how will it affect our neighours?
CSL's Melbourne plant is making about a million doses a week and up to 800,000 are being sent overseas to bolster vaccine rollouts in the Pacific and South-East Asia. But the company is expected to wind up production of AstraZeneca in Australia early next year. → Read More
PNG: Low COVID-19 vax rate prompts campaign rethink
Extreme vaccine hesitancy is prompting a rethink of the public messaging behind the Papua New Guinea 's COVID-19 immunisation drive. → Read More
Health workers face death threats as COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy takes hold in PNG
Australian health workers in PNG say vaccine hesitancy has become so extreme they've been threatened with violence if they bring doses into some communities. → Read More
PNG: Ethics training for bureaucrats had no impact but "you have to start somewhere"
Research has found Australian-funded ethics training for hundreds of PNG bureaucrats had no impact on their behaviour. → Read More
PNG: businesses facing resistance to push to vaccinate workers
As Papua New Guinea's COVID-19 vaccination rollout stalls, businesses are facing pushback to their efforts to immunise workers. → Read More
Fiji: Sister of missing Tiro II fisherman desperate for answers
The sister of one of the men who disappeared from a fishing boat in Fiji in mysterious circumstances in May, says a lack of information from authorities is compounding her grief. → Read More
Men detained in a crowded cell for not wearing face masks amid Fiji's worsening COVID-19 outbreak
As Fiji's COVID-19 outbreak grows, a group of men in the capital Suva say they feared they would become infected after being arrested by police for not wearing face masks. → Read More
Samoa: Experts reject Head of State's reasons for not convening parliament
Just when it looked like Samoa's long-running political stalemate was coming to an end the Head of State threw yet another curve ball. → Read More
Fiji: Fears of civil unrest as COVID-19 crisis deepens
Concerns have ramped up after a wild street brawl in the capital, Suva, which followed a number of rare protests by quarantined villagers. → Read More
Fiji: Fears of civil unrest as COVID-19 crisis deepens
Concerns have ramped up after a wild street brawl in the capital, Suva, which followed a number of rare protests by quarantined villagers. → Read More
Civil unrest and political instability threaten Fiji as COVID-19 outbreak takes hold
As Fiji's COVID-19 outbreak grows to more than 2,000 cases, experts fear that physical, psychological and economic pressures may set the perfect stage for political instability. → Read More
Getax Australia facing bribery charge over decade-old dealings with Nauru officials
After a long-running investigation, the AFP confirms a Gold Coast-based phosphate company has been charged over its dealings with officials on the tiny island of Nauru 10 years ago. → Read More
Pacific: Australian company Getax facing bribery charge dealings on Nauru
The charge comes after a long-running Australian Federal Police investigation into allegations the Gold Coast-based company Getax Australia bribed Nauruan politicians a decade ago. → Read More
Samoa: HRPP candidate says there's still room for dialogue to resolve political stand-off
A member of the long-ruling Human Rights Protection Party believes there could still be room for dialogue with the FAST Party to resolve Samoa's political stand-off. → Read More
China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine launches in the Pacific
Solomon Islands becomes the first country in the Pacific to use China's Sinopharm as part of its national COVID-19 response, amid talks of a regional vaccine diplomacy battle with Australia. → Read More
Tonga: King blasts parliamentarians
In what's being called an unprecedented and historic speech, Tonga's King Tupou VI has blasted members of parliament for failing to address the country's most pressing issues. → Read More
Pacific: PNG and Solomon Islands to use China's Sinopharm vaccine
As at least two Pacific nations prepare to roll out a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, local health officials say they're not concerned about where it's made, just that it will protect their citizens. → Read More
Fiji: Communities rally at home and abroad
The local Fijian community in Australia is rallying to support family back home as Fiji records four news cases of COVID-19 and another death, and the capital Suva heads into lockdown tonight. → Read More
Fiji: Hospital locked down after country records third COVID19- death
Fiji has recorded its third COVID-19 death and a hospital has been locked down after the death of a patient yesterday. → Read More