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Australia - Boost Fiji, Timor ties, say Australian Greens The leader of the Australian Greens party, Bob Brown, says Australia and New Zealand should increase economic ties with Fiji and East Timor.


PNG - More mums HIV positive in PNG About 20 women are testing HIV positive at the antenatal clinic of the Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) every month which indicates the HIV epidemic is getting worse.


Tonga - Tonga’s new electoral roll due out next week Voter registration for Tonga’s November the 25th election has now closed and the final roll is due to be printed next Thursday.


Solomon Islands - Solomon Islands Police Commissioner respects Tonga’s decision not to waive immunity Solomon Islands Police Commissioner Peter Marshall says he respects Tonga’s decision not to have the soldiers involve in the Titinge shooting incident interviewed in Honiara.


New Zealand - NZ’s foreign minister rejects his govt’s aid policy is paternalistic New Zealand’s opposition foreign affairs spokesman Phil Twyford says the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister is on an ideological crusade as he slashes aid to Pacific NGOs.


Fiji - Fiji’s New Zealand visitor figures for June jump by 9.5 cent Underlining Fiji’s ongoing popularity with the New Zealand travelling public, Kiwi visitor arrivals to the destination for the month of June 2010 showed an increase of more than nine per cent according to figures released this week by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics.


Solomon Islands - Mobile operators await census results in Solomon Islands Information about the population is important for planning in any business organisation.


New Caledonia - New Regional Plan to Conserve Pacific Wetlands A new draft three-year action plan has been developed outlining activities, responsibilities and targets that seek to promote and strengthen the wise use and conservation of wetlands in the region.


USA - World cannot afford worsening disasters, warns UN climate change chief The world cannot afford escalating disasters of the kind recently witnessed in Pakistan and Russia, the top United Nations climate change official said today, underscoring the need for governments to take swift action to lead the world towards a low-carbon future.


Australia - Australian Treasury blows $11b hole in Coalition costings A key independent MP says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott needs to explain why Treasury analysis has identified a hole of up to $11 billion in the Coalition's election promise costings.