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Qantas, Virgin forced to BYO fuel to Fiji after 'very rare' contamination issue

In what one pilot described to the ABC as a "very rare" situation, airlines are being asked to fuel up at alternative airports and bring in stockpiles of fuel to Fiji's international airport.
virgin and qantas planes next to each other

Published: Location: FijiTopic: Air Transport Industry

Injured farm worker left homeless as labour hire firm collapses

A Tongan mechanic, who came to Australia under a Pacific worker scheme, is stuck in visa limbo after suffering a workplace injury and experiencing homelessness and unemployment when the labour hire company he worked for collapsed.
A man sits at a wooden picnic table in a public park he is wearing a black t-shirt and silver chain.
Duration: 45 seconds

Published: Location: GriffithTopic: Work

Storm enforcer Kamikamica forced into medical retirement after stroke

Tui Kamikamica's 142-game NRL career comes to an end after he received fresh medical advice following a stroke earlier in the year. 
Tui Kamikamica seated on the turf about to receive ball

Published: Location: AustraliaTopic: NRL

Finding my mother alive and becoming invincible

Lynne Shori grew up with her hero dad, thinking her Papua New Guinean mother was dead. As an adult, she discovered the truth and set about finding her lost family. When Lynne was growing up, it was just her and her dad.
A portrait of Lynne Shori. She has curly grey hair and is wearing black eye classes and a brown scarf.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

Published: Topic: Parenting

Title bouts to historic wins: Pacific sporting news across the region

From PNG boxer John Ume's shot at an interim welterweight title and American Samoa's historic upset victory over the US in flag football, Pacific athletes continue to showcase their growing impact in sport. 
A man wearing a black t.shirt stands at the back of a group of children wearing brown uniforms and a lady in a colourful dress

Published: Location: PacificTopic: Boxing

Cook Islands opposition party loses all seats at general election

The Cook Islands United Party has emerged as the new opposition after the previous opposition, the Democratic Party, suffered its worst defeat in its 54-year history.
Teariki Heather
Duration: 12 minutes 35 seconds

Published: Location: PacificTopic: National Elections

The challenges of raising neurodivergent children in the Pacific 

Understanding autism, ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions for kids in the Pacific can be a challenge for parents and their wider communities.  
Selfie of Fijian woman smiling at camera. Wearing a blue shirt.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

Published: Location: PacificTopic: People With Disability

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Trial in the Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story

Lindy Chamberlain recounts the extraordinary case of her baby Azaria's disappearance after being snatched by a dingo in the Australian Outback back in 1980, and the trial that sentenced her for the death of her own daughter.

The Reality of Climate Migration

Imagine having to leave everything you know, not by choice, but because the climate is claiming your home.
Poeva and Akesa sit in a room at their homes. An arrow going from a Tuvalu flag to an Australian one overlaid.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

Topic: Climate Change

Fears people buried after landslide at Solomon Islands Gold Ridge mine

Families and friends have raised concerns that a number of people may have been buried in a landslide at the Solomon Islands' Gold Ridge mine. 
Construction workers walking out of gold mine.
Duration: 31 seconds

Topic: Landslides

China tests missile in South Pacific

Chinese state media has confirmed a missile test has been carried out in the Pacific hours after Australia signed a defence treaty with Fiji. 
Duration: 18 minutes 8 seconds

Topic: Treaties

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