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Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as equal partners and full subjects of their own destiny within the...

Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach Attack and antisemitism....

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...

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...

Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver challenges TVNZ chief over job cuts

Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand’s chief executive has been challenged by the public broadcaster’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver at a fiery staff meeting over...

Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing. PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel accused of torturing UN workers to obtain false testimony about UNRWA

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone A recent UNRWA document says its staff report having been tortured while detained by Israeli forces, who pressed them to provide...

Mediawatch: Apocalypse now for NZ news – take 2?

RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock Television New Zealand’s proposals to balance its worsening books by killing news and current affairs programmes mean New Zealanders could...

‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally

Asia Pacific Report About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli’s genocidal  war on Gaza today took part in a...

Caitlin Johnstone: Pretending the US can’t just drive aid into Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration is supposedly planning to set up a temporary pier in Gaza to allow for the large-scale shipment of...