Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to us about massacres in Papua New Guinea villages, journalism and human rights developments in the Phillipines, the further fallout of a Tongan beauty queen's controversial speech and more.
Andrew from the Pacific Media Centre joins us this week to discuss the ongoing protests and internet blackout in Papua New Guinea, the 20th Anniversary of Timor-Leste's independence and a possible assault by the Fijian Prime Minister.
The Souther Cross is back, this week discussing the ongoing situation in West Papua, new human rights mesasures in the Pacific, and an investigation into the University of the South Pacific.
Southern Cross is back for this year, and Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie and Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discuss West Papua, the PM's visit to Fiji, coronavirus coverage in the Media. Sri also shares his personal story of working as journalist after a stroke.
Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discuss The Christchurch Call, Pacific Islands and Coronavirus prepardness, Press Freedom in Samoa, and a Radio Documentary on West Papua as part of International Women's Day.
This week on Southern Cross, we speak to Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi on the impacts of COVID-19 in the papcific. We discuss the first death in the Pacific in Guam, community transmission risks, and issues with transparency and information in Papua New Guinea surrounding the virus.
Zoë Larsen Cumming is joined in studio by Pacific Media Watch's contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi to talk about a documentary called Loimata on waka building, eco-tourism in the Pacific, and Covid 19 in Papua New Guinea.
International Desk reports on the aftermath of unrest in the Solomon Islands, as New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea deployed peacekeepers.
Justin spoke to Griffith University's Dr Tess Newton Cain about the situation.
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