Oceania Solomon Islands The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme continues to offer a lifeline to many unskilled, low-skilled and semi-skilled workers who can help respond to labour shortages across rural and regional Australia
Oceania New Zealand Northland has lifted its state of emergency yesterday after the overnight storm did not prove as severe as feared
Oceania Samoa The deputy leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, Lauofo Fonote Pierre, has been declared leader of the opposition in Parliament
Oceania Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia will receive increased economic assistance from the United States under the Compact of Free Association in exchange for the Pacific nation's expanded role in regional security
Oceania Marshall Islands MIMRA records show that tuna transshipment in Majuro has resumed after disastrous 2020, when transshipment plummeted 60% from the previous year
Oceania Fiji Six months away from handing over the lead of the Pacific Islands Forum to Cook Islands, Fiji’s PM Sitiveni Rabuka is confident he has repaired relations with Kiribati, following what he described as a “very successful” state visit
Oceania Palau The proposed increase in labour taxes raised concern about growing costs among entrepreneurs, who expressed their doubts during the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment hearing attended by over 20 Palau entrepreneurs
Oceania Papua New Guinea Elizabeth Genia was appointed Acting Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea after 35 years of experience in the bank - the announcement was made by Prime Minister James Marape
Oceania Nauru Students in the country were encouraged to get vaccinated before returning to school; parents were asked to keep children under the age of 5 at home to avoid contracting the Covid-19 virus
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is not ready to move out of LDC status - said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Jeremiah, identifying trade as a support to the economy
Oceania Vanuatu To clean up the grounds of the Vila Central Hospital, Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau and staff from the Prime Minister's Office joined Health Minister Rick Tchamako Mahe
Oceania Tonga Tonga's first national university will open its doors today 27 January, in an attempt to increase educational opportunities to replace the many qualified Tongans who have left to work abroad
Oceania Samoa The new director-general of Samoa's Ministry of Health has said the government will not increase nurses' salaries to keep them in Samoa