#Latest news with #kavasmugglingABC News16-05-2025HealthABC NewsPNG declares polio virus outbreakOn the program this week: The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after two children were detected with the virus. Legal aid groups in Timor Leste are calling for the country's president to reject a proposal to pardon an American, a former priest who's been convicted of abusing young children. Women leaders and politicians are calling for change to deal with the epidemic of domestic violence in the Pacific. There are concerns that arms are being stockpiled in New Caledonia as concerns over civil unrest grow. The victim of a horrific bashing in Vanuatu says he was shocked, confused and re-traumatised by the Vanuatu President's decision to reduce his attackers' sentences. There's an increase in kava smuggling into remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory since the Federal Government lifted import restrictions.
ABC News16-05-2025HealthABC NewsPNG declares polio virus outbreakOn the program this week: The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after two children were detected with the virus. Legal aid groups in Timor Leste are calling for the country's president to reject a proposal to pardon an American, a former priest who's been convicted of abusing young children. Women leaders and politicians are calling for change to deal with the epidemic of domestic violence in the Pacific. There are concerns that arms are being stockpiled in New Caledonia as concerns over civil unrest grow. The victim of a horrific bashing in Vanuatu says he was shocked, confused and re-traumatised by the Vanuatu President's decision to reduce his attackers' sentences. There's an increase in kava smuggling into remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory since the Federal Government lifted import restrictions.
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