Pacific Beat Program for 16 November 2010
PNG's 2011 handed down
The Papua New Guinea government has just handed down, what it called a ''balanced budget'' of 3 billion Australian dollars for 2011.
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ANZ Bank lowers economic growth forecasts for the Pacific
The ANZ bank has downgraded its 2011 economic forecast for the Pacific region.
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Australia could learn from successful NZ seasonal workers scheme
Two years after it was first introduced, New Zealand's seasonal worker scheme has exceeded expectations.
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Australia to undertate comprehensive aid review
NGOs in Australia have quickly put their hands up to deliver more of the country's aid as an independent panel prepares to conduct the first comprehensive review of the aid program in almost fifteen years.
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Australia to undertake comprehensive aid review
NGOs in Australia have quickly put their hands up to deliver more of the country's aid as an independent panel prepares to conduct the first comprehensive review of the aid program in almost fifteen years.
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Tongans getting ready for historic democratic elections
People in Tonga are gearing up for the kingdom's historic elections set to be held on Thursday next week.
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US affiliated states meet for Federal Regional Council
Guam's Governor Felix Camacho is joining other U-S affiliated state leaders in San Francisco.
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Marshall Islands defends human rights record
A delegation from Marshall Islands has responded to a request from the United Nations in Geneva to defend the country's human rights record.
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Broken hearts can prove fatal
New research from Australia suggests that you really can die of a broken heart.
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Developing rugby league in the Pacific
Now that the Four Nations rugby league tournament is over for another year, questions are being asked about the long term viability of the competition, with Papua New Guinea failing to match it even with an under-performing England team.
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Plans for a South Pacific Fashion Week
The only Pacific Island country with an official fashion week is Fiji.
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Sad end to turtle's epic swim from Vanuatu to Australia
Now to the remarkable tale of a Hawksbill turtle that was tagged in Vanuatu and swam more than 2-thousand kilometres to Brooms Head in northern New South Wales on Australia's east coast .
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