Australia

ABC ban ... "The Nauruan government should not be allowed to dictate who fills the positions in an Australian media pool." Image: David Robie/PMC By...

The New Zealand-based Pacific Media Centre has condemned the selective ban by the Nauru government in what it says is an authoritarian affront to...

Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire talks about the global threat against journalists. Video: Café Pacific By David Robie in Paris When Reporters Without Borders chief...

Bryce Edwards' Political Roundup: Does freedom of speech extend to far-right voices? New Zealand has largely escaped the escalating debates and conflicts occurring in the...

A ni-Vanuatu family with their shortwave radio ... vital for news and current affairs. Image: Vila Times By RNZ Pacific China has taken over many of...

UNESCO professor of journalism Peter Greste .... posing for a photograph when he was an Al Jazeera journalist in Kibati village, near Goma in...

An SBS graphic screen shot from a Pacific detention centres timeline video. By Nick Baker of SBS NewsThe Australian government has been slammed for a...

BRIEFING: By Ben Bohane in Port Vila China … China … China … All the talk is of increasing Chinese influence in our region. But this...

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...

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...