Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations
By Kelvin Anthony
Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has played down criticism he is leading an administration that practices nepotism and favouritism.
The Rabuka-led three-party coalition...
UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence
By David Robie
New Caledonia’s Kanak national liberation movement has told the UN Decolonisation Committee that France has “robbed” the indigenous people of their independence...
NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist in Jakarta libel case
Asia Pacific Report
A defendant in an Indonesian case of alleged defamation, Fatia Maulidiyanti, has hit back at a statement by Coordinating Minister for Maritime...
Gavin Ellis: Proof our newsrooms need a ‘second pair of eyes’
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
Own goals by two of our top news organisations last week raised a fundamental question: What has happened to their checking...
‘Mental torture’ – protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee
By Lydia Lewis and Christina Persico
As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the freedom of a Nauru refugee, the man...
Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget dilemma
Local Democracy reporter Kim Meredith reflects on her observations from Auckland Council’s two-day annual budget meeting last week. Following drawn out debate and Mayor...