Tag: Australia
PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers
PNG Post-Courier
An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after...
Peter Lusk: Reflections on my mahi with peace researcher Owen Wilkes
The Owen Wilkes book Peacemonger, edited by May Bass and Mark Derby, was due to be launched in Wellington today after earlier launches in...
‘New Zealand, get me off this island,’ pleads 9-year Iran refugee on Nauru
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A second group of refugees detained in offshore Australian detention camps have arrived in New Zealand.
Four people touched down...
‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist
SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna “Violet” Coco on Friday. But he is...
Talanoa: The complex notion of news in the Pacific
Brent Edwards looks at journalist and academic David Robie's scrutiny of the Pacific region's governance and journalism. Cartoon by David Pope
By Brent Edwards
David Robie...
John Pilger: The ghosts of Indonesia won’t lie
East Timor's history is repeating itself as Jakarta colludes with the West to crush another resource-rich land -- West Papua. The world is watching...