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Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

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Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

August 22, 2026

Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

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Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook Islands

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for Palestinians

Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night

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Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

NSW Justice Desmond Fagan

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Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s Israel exception

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Renewed Papuan independence call amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff

November 17, 2017

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Journalist tells of Rainbow Warrior bombing, Pacific fallout on ABC

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July 10, 2018

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Pacific Islands Forum masking Nauru human rights abuse, says advocate

September 5, 2018

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Next ABC chief must be advocate for public broadcasting, says MEAA

September 24, 2018

PNG musician Jason Suisui aka Jayrex

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Jayrex’s lawyers threaten lawsuit if PNG music ban isn’t lifted

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June 23, 2023

New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku

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Time for France to grant New Caledonia independence, says Wamytan

July 13, 2023

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Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI

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March 8, 2019

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Indonesia furious over Oxford award for Benny Wenda

July 18, 2019

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Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining...

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January 22, 2020

WP flag-raising Jakarta

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Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’

December 4, 2020

Barge at Putiki Bay

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Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first

April 27, 2021

Protesters at a local inner Sydney council meeting

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Rightwing astroturfers infiltrate Australian local councils, fire up unrest over Israel

September 11, 2024

No to Special Autonomy placard

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Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine

May 23, 2021

Maysoon Salama

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They are (using) us: ‘How is it okay for others to...

June 12, 2021

Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama 250621

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Fiji covid-19 death toll still climbs – woman dies at 34...

June 25, 2021

Fiji villagers hungry

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Fiji mortuary full, public frustration, confusion rife over covid-19

July 6, 2021

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

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Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new...

October 3, 2021

Bintang Mountains refugees

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West Papuans flee from ‘liberation’ conflict into remote PNG region

October 28, 2021

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COP21: What will become of us? – a message from young...

December 10, 2015

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Vanuatu opposition raises pardon for 14 jailed MPs issue

February 26, 2016

Professor Steven Ratuva

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Fiji political polls point to a shift away from FijiFirst, says...

April 28, 2022

Papuan protesters against the autonomous carve-up of provinces

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Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag...

June 4, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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

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

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

In the Eye of the Storm

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

Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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

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

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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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

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

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

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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

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

BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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

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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

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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"

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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

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

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

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Paramedics from New South Wales led the rescue

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Whale-watching boat carrying NZ Anglican Church delegates capsizes in Tonga

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

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Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

Thai Mai Thon members delivered a protest letter to the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok

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Thai protesters picket Israeli embassy over tourist harassment

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You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

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Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown

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Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...

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

Jacinda Ardern

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

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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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

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Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap