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The closest thing Australian cartooning had to a prophet: the sometimes celebrated, sometimes controversial Michael Leunig

ANALYSIS: By Richard Scully, Robert Phiddian and Stephanie Brookes Michael Leunig — who died in the early hours of Thursday December 19, surrounded by “his children, loved ones, and sunflowers”...

Caitlin Johnstone: Where does the aggression really begin?

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with “murder as an act of terrorism” in...

Vanuatu earthquake: ‘Our shop was flattened like a deck of cards’

By 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver A number of Kiwis have been successfully evacuated from Vanuatu after a devastating...

Who’s killing the Pacific? A story of lobbying, food and neocolonialism

REVIEW: By Keeara Ofren Have you ever heard a comment which made you so outraged that you were compelled...

Israel a ‘lawless, rogue state’ over bombing Syria 800 times and expanding occupation of Golan Heights

Democracy Now! JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Israel is continuing to bomb Syria a week after Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was...

Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join MSG

By Kelvin Anthony and Lydia Lewis Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian leader in 16 years to hold a one-on-one meeting with...

Solidarity medical aid convoy breaches blockade and says: ‘Gaza isn’t alone’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Roger Fowler A delegation of the Miles of Smiles 41st solidarity aid convoy recently entered Gaza to deliver more than US$200,000 of...

Inside PNG: Media must be watchdog not government-controlled

EDITORIAL: Inside PNG Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, has proposed a new policy that, if implemented, will affect the constitutional rights of freedom...

PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers

PNG Post-Courier An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after...

Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot

RNZ Pacific A West Papuan independence movement leader, Benny Wenda, says the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by armed rebels is...

New PNG media policy will lead to government control of news groups

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby The new media development policy being proposed by the Papua New Guinea Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, could lead...