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Some of PNG's media stakeholders at the draft media policy consultation in Port Moresby last Thursday
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Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Sashi Kiran (second from left) with Fiji Women's Rights Movement staff during the launch of the research report "Beyond 33 percent"
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A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future
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Port Vila-based journalist Dan McGarry has a big clean up on his hands
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Jakarta 2022
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"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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