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Evan Wasuka
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Pacific Reporter and Producer, ABC Radio Australia
Melbourne
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Biography
Solomon Islands journalist with two decades of experience working in the Pacific for news and development organisations. Reporter, producer and some-time host for ABC Radio Australia's Pacific Beat programme and Tok Pisin language service. Ex-World Bank and World Vision coms. Profile - https://www.facebook.com/pacmas.org/videos/421689335139970/?v=421689335139970
Never say never.
Content
By Evan Wasuka Verified| ABC Radio Australia Verified On this week's program:New Caledonia's only Indigenous-controlled mine has closed, as Indonesia floods the global market with cheap nickel. With villages now left as ghost towns, the pro-independence community is left questioning whether the territory could survive on its own without the valuable commodity. Papua New Guinea has become the first South Pacific country to use Artificial Intelligence to process visas and end long waiting times.
By Evan Wasuka Verified| ABC Radio Australia Verified On the program this week. The Pacific nations of Fiji, Vanuatu and Nauru were among those hard hit by new tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. Fijian workers in Tonga are finding themselves in bleak situations with employers enforcing sometimes illegal working conditions. A foreign-born member of Vanuatu's parliament says a proposal to ban non-indigenous citizens from contesting elections would be a regressive step for the country.
By Evan Wasuka Verified| ABC Radio Australia Verified On the show today: Papua New Guinea's government used anti-terrorism legislation to shut down public access to Facebook for two days this week with police citing security concerns. Confidential government documents show PNG wants to develop a space agency become a leader in post-quantum cryptography and acquire a luxury island with a Congolese musician.
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ABC Radio Australia