An inspirational story about an indigenous Fijian woman who's built a business empire from saving a dollar a day every day for fourteen years. The United Nations refugee agency says it s deeply shocked and disturbed by the light sentences handed down by an Indonesian court to three men involved in the murder of three UN aid workers last year.
Environmentalists contend that greenhouse gases are warming the planet, causing sea levels to rise.
If that's correct, the people of the low-lying Pacific islands will be the first to suffer the consequences. At the very eastern end of Papua New Guinea, the people of one remote island group are already suffering. Their food crops are threatened by rising seas, and there's genuine fear their islands are sinking. A medical student's personal story of working in PNG Daily regional current affairs, from Radio Australia Discover the Pacific - its places and people with Radio Australia Pacific Arts and Culture Radio Australia 's focus on the events and issues important to the people of Pacific.