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The proposed Voice for Australia is the opposite of apartheid
Australia

The Voice isn’t apartheid or a veto over Parliament – this...

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May 23, 2023
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Asia Report

‘We’re victims of global power play’ – Pacific backs India, says...

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact
Analysis

Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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PNG's Finance Minister Rainbo Paita
Civil Society

UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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"Protect our sovereignty - and our boundaries"
Democracy

‘There must be clarity’ – PNG students protest over US defence...

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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Chinese Australian author Louisa Lim
Analysis

Stan Grant stands up to racist abuse. Our research shows many...

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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US-PNG defence pact
Military

Security pact: PNG expects more US military boots on ground

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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One of the photographs in the alleged Indonesian atrocities portfolio
Global

OPM calls on global trade unions to blacklist Indonesian goods, services

APR editor -
May 22, 2023
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Fiji

Pacific leaders arrive in Port Moresby ahead of Modi and Blinken...

APR editor -
May 21, 2023
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Analysis

Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy

APR editor -
May 21, 2023
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A protest against the division of Papua Province and the establishment of a New Autonomous Region in Jayapura City in 2022
Democracy

Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests

Pacific Media Watch -
May 20, 2023
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UN's Sanaka Samarasinha
Fiji

Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations

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May 20, 2023
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Hong Kong government says that the arrest and prosecution of Jimmy Lai and other press freedom defenders were “completely unrelated to the issue of press freedom
China

Hong Kong responds with veiled threat while claiming it still respects...

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May 20, 2023
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The tsunami warning broadcast today for New Caledonia
Fiji

Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu,...

APR editor -
May 19, 2023
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape did not give a firm answer on the signing of the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement
Global

Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue

APR editor -
May 19, 2023
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FSM Chief Negotiator Leo Falcam Jr (left) and US Presidential Envoy Joseph Yun in Pohnpei
China

US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign...

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May 19, 2023
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Climate provisions in New Zealand's Budget 2023
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Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and...

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May 19, 2023
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson
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NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare

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May 18, 2023
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Disasters

Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson

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May 18, 2023
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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape
China

PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite...

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May 18, 2023
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Association 193's Father Auguste Uebe-Carlson
Environment

Tahitian anti-nuclear group criticises France for ‘downplaying’ tests health

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May 18, 2023
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PNG's acting Chief Protocol Officer Noel Leana
Pacific Report

Ten invited from PNG to witness coronation in delegation saga

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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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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
Analysis

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
Analysis

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...

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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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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

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Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva
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Australia

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

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

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

ABC people get replaced by non-ABC people - and sooner rather than later we have Sinophobic news specials
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The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible...

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany
Asia Report

‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade
Australia

Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva
Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against...

Editor's Picks

ABC people get replaced by non-ABC people - and sooner rather than later we have Sinophobic news specials

The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible...

August 9, 2026
Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

August 8, 2026
A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade

Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

August 8, 2026
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva

Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against...

August 8, 2026
Counsel Assisting before Commissioner Virginia Bell

Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’

August 7, 2026
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August 8, 2026
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political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".

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August 3, 2026

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