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Albanese bows to relentless pressure for Bondi royal commission but scepticism remains

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally bowed to pressure from the Murdoch News Corp’s relentless media campaign and advocacy by political critics and victim’s...

New journal warns Pacific media near breaking point amid revenue collapse and political pressure

By Monika Singh of Wansolwara News Pacific media are facing one of their most challenging reporting environments in their...

Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?

COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans What have we become if to survive in our so-called “free world” we must turn...

Caitlin Johnstone: The US empire needs men like Trump

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone If you were wondering why the US establishment was so much more chill about Trump...

Trump’s gift-wrapped Maduro package has done the world a favour – revealing what a lie US foreign policy really is

Kidnap, murder, torture, brutality, subversion, treachery, and barbarism, writes Adrian Blackburn reflecting on US President Donald Trump’s New...

Pacific Media Centre founder takes on new social justice journalism role

By Laurens Ikinia A journalist who sailed on board the bombed environmental ship Rainbow Warrior, was arrested at gunpoint in New Caledonia while investigating French...

PNG Attitude: A farewell to eminent communicators

By Crosbie Walsh The highlights of a symposium at the Pacific Media Centre of the Auckland University of Technology on 1 December 2020 -- West...

Pacific Journalism Review’s ‘critical conscience’ waka journey — a final message of thanks

By David Robie, founding editor of Pacific Journalism Review In November 2020, when Joe Biden finally ushered in his presidency pledges amid the narrow triumph...

Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence

COMMENT: By David Robie The silence from Facebook is deafening and disturbing. At first, when I lodged my protests earlier this month to Facebook over the...

Melanesia: Facebook algorithms censor article about press freedom in West Papua

Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on nudity and urges...

French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’

By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images -- the drowned...