26-05-2025
Timor president rejects pardon proposal for former priest and convicted pedophile
On the program today:
Timor Leste President Jose Ramos Horta has decided against pardoning convicted former priest Richard Daschbach.
There are calls for calm in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby, following the shooting of a 29-year-old woman by police officers.
Outspoken, fierce and a protector of culture and a peacemaker. That's how family, friends and the people of Vanuatu are remembering the late Hilda Lini.
From the ABC's archives, a 1980 interview with Hilda Lini before New Hebrides became independent from France and Britain.
People at the site of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea are calling for action one year on after more than 600 people died.
Successful applicants of the Pacific Engagement Visa, have started to settle into their new lives in Australia.
A new academy has just been launched by Vanuatu Cricket, with the aim of drawing in the best male and female talent and building a new generation of national team players.
The Trump administration has dramatically stepped up its dispute with one of the United States' top universities, attempting to block Harvard's ability to enrol foreign students.
