Dan McGarry: Want to lead in the Pacific? Try listening first
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Dan McGarry: Want to lead in the Pacific? Try listening first Cathy Wilcox’s Sydney Morning Herald cartoon is a showcase for everything that’s wrong with Australian foreign policy. Cartoon: Cathy Wilcox/SMH/VDP By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The average Australian’s conception of Pacific island nations […]
Read More →PMC’s radio show features Chinese ‘base’ claim, justice and diabetes
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: PMC’s radio show features Chinese ‘base’ claim, justice and diabetes Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie blasted some of the global coverage of the alleged Chinese military base plans for Vanuatu, describing it as speculative and “scaremongering”. He praised the […]
Read More →Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million The increasing number of diabetes cases has raised red flags in the health sector, a burden Fiji health authorities hope to tackle through the media. Image: Creative Commons/Wansolwara By Adi Ana Civavonovono in Suva The […]
Read More →O’Neill government suffers first election court rebuff in Bougainville
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: O’Neill government suffers first election court rebuff in Bougainville A delighted Sam Akoitai (in red tie) outside the National Court yesterday after winning back his Central Bougainville seat in the National Parliament. Photo: Sally Pokiton/Loop PNG Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Bougainville Affairs Minister Fr Simon […]
Read More →Baseless rumours: why talk of Chinese military base in Vanuatu misses point
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Baseless rumours: why talk of Chinese military base in Vanuatu misses point How the Vanuatu Daily Post reacted to the Australian “news” of a possible Chinese military base plan. Image: VDP BRIEFING: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The “news” this week that Vanuatu was […]
Read More →Bearing Witness students win big at AUT communications studies awards
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Bearing Witness students win big at AUT communications studies awards Spasifik Magazine’s Laumata Lauano (from left) with winners Julie Cleaver, Kendall Hutt, and Pacific Media Centre’s chair Associate Professor Camille Nakhid and Storyboard donor Professor David Robie (rear) at last night’s AUT communication studies awards. […]
Read More →Erin Harris: Nauru appeal court move denies justice for refugees
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Erin Harris: Nauru appeal court move denies justice for refugees The Australian High Court building in Canberra. Image: Bentley Smith/Flickr/The Interpreter BRIEFING: By Erin Harris The decision to terminate a long-standing arrangement that saw the Australian High Court act as a partial appellate court for […]
Read More →Urgent call for help on Kadavu island after Keni’s Fiji devastation
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Urgent call for help on Kadavu island after Keni’s Fiji devastation This house at Namara Village in Sanima on Kadavu had its roof blown off. Image: The Fiji Times By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva A resort owner on Kadavu has called on Fijians to urgently […]
Read More →Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games Celebrating Pacific successes at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Image: SBS By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Three countries that have never won a medal in Commonwealth Games history are celebrating after bagging […]
Read More →Devastating Cyclone Keni moves out of Fijian waters, clean up begins
MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media Headline: Devastating Cyclone Keni moves out of Fijian waters, clean up begins Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Cyclone Keni has moved out of Fijian waters and lies about 275km south-southwest of the Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa, reports Pacnews. The Fiji Met Service said the cyclone still remains […]
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