Today on the Southern Cross Jemima speaks to Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie. This week is a big one in the Asia-Pacific region with elections and leadership tussles in Australia, New Caledonia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Phillippines.
This week on the Southern Cross, Jemima and Lachlan speak to Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew. They discuss the Australian election, the Papua New Guinea government turmoil, the New Caledonian elections, the University of the South Pacific's abuse allegations, and the UN Secretary General's visit to New Zealand.
This week Southern Cross is back and Jemima speaks to Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew about the latest in Pacific news. They talk about Papua New Guinea, the aftermath of the Australian election on the Manus Islands and the Indonesian general elections.
This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to Jemima about the police raids on journalists in Australia, the increased aid and funding Australia and New Zealand are pumping into the Pacific, and former Prime Minister of Papua Guinea, Peter O'Neill's resignation.
This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Centre director, Professor David Robie talks to Jemima and Lachlan about several controversial issues in the Pacific this week. He covers West Papuan human rights defender, Rosa Moiwend's disappointment in New Zealand's inaction in West Papua, a controversial speech at the Miss Heilala beauty pageant, and a secrecy veil over the deportation of six Chinese officials in Vanauatu.
This week on the Southern Cross Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to the Wire team about West Papuan conflict causing displacement and death as well as the presentation of an Oxford Award for a West Papuan activist's independence campaign. They also discuss the response to the recent Papua New Guinea highlands massacre and the new edition of the Pacific Journalism Review.
This week on the Southern Cross Pacific Media Centre contributing editor Michael Andrew talked to the Wire team about French journalists who were arrested in Australia for filming protestors at a coal mine in Queensland. They also discussed West Papuan media violations, a call for more media freedom in West Papua and the Pacific Media Centre's mid-winter showcase.
This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to the Wire team about the Pacific Islands Forum, Australia's failure to commit to Pacific climate emergency strategies, support for West Papua and the condemnation of Indonesia, and Tonga considering a ban on Facebook to stop royal slander.
Southern Cross is back and Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew speaks to the Wire team about the latest in Pacific news. They talk West Papuan demonstrations spreading across Indonesia and a leading broadcaster in Papua New Guinea being sacked and reinstated under contentious circumstances.
This week on the Monday Wire, Sherry speaks to Andreas Harsano from the Human Rights Watch about West Papua, Indonesia and mass violence. Southern Cross is back with the latest in Pacific news. Jemima talks to Green Party co-leader James Shaw about about Australia's failure to commit to Pacific climate action and the police conduct report on the 2014 Nicky Hager raid. Lachlan wraps it up with a conversation with Tania Sawicki Mead from Just Speak about changes to the youth justice system.
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