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Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael West and Stephanie Tran Amid revelations of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the Australian government and media have entirely lost control of the...

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

By Wendy Bacon On the eve of his Australian tour, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog faces huge opposition to his...

Jonathan Cook: The criminal elite exposed in the Epstein files are burying the truth

COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook If you struggle to cope with the endless pressure to communicate in an ever-more connected...

French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Jason Brown Fast-paced electronic music pumps in the background as a rapid montage of moving images...

‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering anti-ICE protest in church

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the arrests of two American journalists for covering a...

Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis

By Nick Young of Greenpeace My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many...

Future of Fiji’s democracy at stake over coalition, warns Ratuva

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva says that if the coalition government is strong, resilient and lasts, “this will...

Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest...

Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake of mayor Wayne Brown’s ‘drongos’ text

RNZ News Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists “drongos”, blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis...

Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord should be reached with France...

Fiji’s media veterans recount intimidation under FijiFirst government – eye on reforms

Pacific Media Watch Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat reports today on how Fiji has fared under the draconian Media Act that has restricted media freedom over...