Dateline Pacific evening edition for 24 October 2018

The lawyer for Manus Island refugees says the PNG Supreme Court was wrong to dismiss their case; There's hope a by-election defeat for the Australian government could lead to a change in its offshore detention policy; A Solomon Islands university is in dire financial straits waiting for MPs to pay their fees; Samoa exports its first shipment of bananas in half-a-century to New Zealand; And, a community mediator programme is showing results in Solomon Islands.