Politics

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...

PNG’s Marape condemns ‘jungle justice’ after 6 gunmen shot dead

By Cretilda Alokaka in Port Moresby Six hired gunmen in Enga were shot dead by men from the Ambulin tribe on Friday in what Papua...

Obituary: Meraia Taufa Vakatale – Fiji anti-nuclear activist and feminist trailblazer

By Asenaca Uluiviti and Sadhana Sen Fiji recently lost Dr Meraia Taufa Vakatale, a monumental woman leader who broke many glass ceilings with her numerous...

Owen Wilkes dead since 2005 – but SIS still won’t release his personal file

By Murray Horton, editor of Foreign Control Watchdog New Zealand's globally renowned peace researcher Owen Wilkes has been dead since 2005, but he is still...

USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva The United States government’s overseas development aid arm US Agency for International Development (USAID) opened two new offices in Papua...

West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene in Port Vila

By Kelvin Anthony The Pacific region’s focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu hosts the heads of governments from Fiji, Papua...

NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’

By Alisha Evans After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has...