Tag: Kiribati
South Pacific hit by dengue pandemic
An Australian medical research institute says dengue fever in the South Pacific has reached a pandemic level.[MORE]
RBA urged to guard guest workers from bank fees
There has been a call for the Reserve Bank (RBA) to make sure Pacific Islander guest worker wages are not eaten up by bank transfer fees.[MORE]
Broad backing for guest workers
A World Bank economist says overstaying will not be a problem if Australia's seasonal guest worker scheme is designed properly.[MORE]
Pacific guestworker scheme to start this year
A three-year Pacific Islander guestworker pilot scheme will start later this year.[MORE]
Aust troops to remove Kiribati unexploded ordnance
The Federal Government says a team from the Australian Defence Force has been sent to Kiribati to help clear unexploded ordnance from World War II.[MORE]
Govt encouraged to welcome 'climate change refugees'
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Make Poverty History is calling for Australia's immigration quotas to exempt refugees from endangered Pacific nations.[MORE]
Kiribati likely doomed by climate change: President
The President of the low-lying Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati says his country may already be doomed because of climate change.[MORE]
Endangered Pacific islet facing mass relocation
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Kiribati is facing an environmental crisis which could render the Pacific nation uninhabitable in 50 years.[MORE]
Aussie veterans sue UK over nuclear tests
Veterans of British nuclear tests in the South Pacific, including 100 Australians, have launched a class action against the British Government.[MORE]
Vast marine reserve created in Pacific
The central Pacific nation of Kiribati has created the world's largest marine reserve, designed to conserve one of the last oceanic coral ecosystems still intact.[MORE]
Aust, Pacific working on damaged relationship
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The Federal Government is working to improve the relationship between Australia and the Pacific.[MORE]
Pacific islands warn conference of rising sea levels
Leaders of Pacific island states have called on delegates at an international climate conference in Bali to take action to stop sea levels from rising. [MORE]
Aust gives $3m to Pacific weather project
Australia will provide $3 million to Pacific island countries in a bid to help them improve their understanding of extreme weather events. [MORE]
Pacific island nations plan joint airline
Six small island nations are developing plans for joint ownership of a new airline that would service the central Pacific.[MORE]
Pacific flight school plan raises terrorism fears
The tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati wants Australia's help to counter terrorism after US authorities uncovered a bizarre plot to a set up a flight training school on one of its remote islands.[MORE]
NZ angry over Pacific islands' pro-whaling votes
The New Zealand Government has condemned the decision by six Pacific nations to support Japan's pro-whaling declaration at the International Whaling Commission (IWC). [MORE]
Kiribati rejects Campbell's whaling ban appeal
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has refused to give Australia a commitment to back a campaign to stop scientific whaling.[MORE]
Australia gears up for whaling fight
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Australia is stepping up attempts to block Japan's bid to resume commercial whaling with Environment Minister Ian Campbell conducting a whistlestop tour of the Pacific.[MORE]
Aust lobbies Pacific islands for anti-whaling support
An Australian government delegation is flying to some Pacific islands today in a last minute attempt to secure support for Australia's anti-whaling campaign. [MORE]
Tas company wins Pacific islands radio contract
A group of Tasmanian companies has won a contract to provide remote Pacific islands with FM radio.[MORE]
Kiribati couple adrift for 35 days
What was supposed to be a simple four-hour boat trip has turned into a 35-day ordeal at sea for a couple from the central Pacific nation of Kiribati, who drifted 1,900 kilometres before being rescued. [MORE]
Court ruling grounds Air Nauru
Two Pacific Island nations have been left without any air services following a court ruling in Melbourne that will result in the seizure of Air Nauru's only aircraft.[MORE]
Tas company wins contract to wire Pacific nation
A Tasmanian communications company is helping the small pacific island nation of Kiribati to connect with the outside world.[MORE]
Jail term for pram theft cut to 18 months
The Kiribati Court of Appeal has quashed an eight-year jail sentence imposed on a man for stealing a pram.[MORE]
Aust rallies support against 'blowing up whales'
Federal Environment Minister Senator Ian Campbell says the Solomon Islands will support Australia's campaign against increased whaling by Japan, in the vote at the International Whaling Commission next week.[MORE]
