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A new, first-of-its-kind Australian permanent resident visa will soon be available to people from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste after it was successfully legislated in Parliament last week. Here’s what we know so far.

Samoan Maeu Nanai Livi has scored his first-ever Pacific Games gold, sweeping the 96kg men’s weightlifting division and taking home all three top medals.

Fiji have pulled off a historic upset to beat Guam, claiming the basketball gold at the Pacific Games, 51 -47.

Government data shows a fourfold increase in the deaths of PALM participants in the last financial year, while a new report shows Australian industries are more reliant on Pacific workers than ever before.

In a region historically linked more closely with Israel than Palestine, some activists in the Pacific Islands have been speaking up against the status quo, staging rallies and voicing solidarity on social media.

Nearly 30 years after releasing an era-defining song, the Fuenama family are back in the spotlight with the reissue of a forgotten but seminal album.

Nearly 1,500 Pacific ancestors are held in 13 museums and universities across Australia — but for the most part, the institutions are not repatriating remains and some believe there are cases that “might prove impossible”.

Legend has it a jealous husband used a wave curse to sink Teonimenu into the ocean forever. Scientists have worked out what really happened.

Rugby league is one of Australia's most celebrated cultural exports, but experts fear its ties to gambling are having an insidious effect on Pacific communities. 

A former striker for Vanuatu's national youth soccer team drowned in a dam while on the job in Australia. He's one of at least 64 Pacific seasonal workers who have died here since 2020.