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Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom
Australia

Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain in the Pacific

Pacific Media Watch -
May 4, 2026
Pro-Palestnian Professor John Keane (left) and linguist and vice-president of the USyd National Tertiary Education Union, Dr Nick Rieme
Australia

Antisemitism or anti-Zionism? Sydney Uni pressure to silence Israel, apartheid critics

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Australia

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal (from left), Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod, and vice-chancellor Mark Scott at Sydney University
Australia

Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
Australia

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
Australia

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

APR editor -
April 16, 2026
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Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
Australia

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

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April 8, 2026
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The "Israelian" . . . media managed complicity
Australia

This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war

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April 7, 2026
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The two primary architects of a controversial war
Australia

Monsters of war – the men who have put the world...

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April 6, 2026
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A Sydney protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran
Australia

Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping...

APR editor -
March 26, 2026
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The slogan "From the River to the Sea" is now a prohibited phrase in Queensland
Australia

‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 23, 2026
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An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia
Australia

Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

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March 20, 2026
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The Wedgetail E-7 spy plane being sent by Australia to the Persian Gulf to help the US-Israeli aggression against Iran
Australia

War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not...

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March 15, 2026
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Iranians mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Australia

Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster

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March 5, 2026
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The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran
Australia

Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up...

APR editor -
March 2, 2026
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Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels
Australia

Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...

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February 22, 2026
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"Compulsory training in any particular ideology -- Zionism, fascism, liberalism -- is a body blow against university independence"
Australia

‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism

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February 19, 2026
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Senator Lindsey Graham (left) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Australia

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

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February 17, 2026
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Police brutality at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Sydney on February 9
Australia

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails...

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February 16, 2026
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Critics say the lack of transparency, including unclear numbers, roles, and oversight, is troubling, especially while international courts are examining serious allegations linked to the conflict. Image: OnePath Network
Australia

600 Australians, 50 Kiwis fighting for Israeli military during Gaza genocide

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February 16, 2026
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"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"
Australia

Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s...

APR editor -
February 13, 2026
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A scene of NSW police brutality raining blows on a young man in a keffiyeh in Sydney
Australia

Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against...

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February 12, 2026
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Sydney police violence at the Monday night protest against the Gaza genocide and visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog
Australia

Sydney police brutality over Herzog – an open letter to Premier...

Pacific Media Watch -
February 11, 2026
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NSW police stand over a bleeding and capsicum-sprayed protester
Australia

NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters

Pacific Media Watch -
February 11, 2026
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Australia

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

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February 9, 2026
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"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"
Australia

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

Wendy Bacon -
February 8, 2026
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While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog
Australia

Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t...

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February 7, 2026
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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Australia

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
Australia

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Tweet to @DavidRobie
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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith
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"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"
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Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March
Democracy

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23
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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Defiant Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) and humbled US President Donald Trump
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Iran war almost over . . . and the end...

Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila
Asia Report

UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

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Moana Maniapoto: Why trashing the BSA is a sign of journalism...

May 7, 2026
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‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global...

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NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith

Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of NZ’s enforceable media...

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UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

May 7, 2026
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New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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May 5, 2026
Two foreign activists -- Brazilian Thiago Ávila and Spanish Palestinian Saif Abukeshek -- from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were kidnapped and taken to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May 3 and again two days later

Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution

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