Independent Analysis and Reportage
The mega-wealthy buying into Australia’s increasingly concentrated media industry is nothing new – and it is a critical issue for democracy.
Budget 2026 increases road spending – while offering limited support for public transport, emissions cuts and climate resilience.
By RNZ Morning Report and Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The bank accounts of two New Zealanders have been frozen as police probe an extraordinary international case of two alleged Samoan hitmen who confessed to murdering a Sydney gang boss. Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted on Vietnamese television to gunning down suspected “Coconut Cartel” ringleader
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused the Israeli army and internal security agency Shin Bet of repeatedly perpetrating inhumane acts against Palestinian journalists from Gaza. The Paris-based global media freedom monitoring and advocacy movement says it has interviewed five Gazan journalists who were imprisoned in Israel after the 7 October 2023 attack
Voluntary carbon markets have been dogged by controversy, lack of credibility and growing concerns about greenwashing.
Behind the large numbers lies a mix of financial instruments that require Global South countries to repay government and private sector investors with interest.
Few Middle Eastern leaders can agree to Trump’s proposal for all Arab and Muslim states to sign the Abraham accords.
A key challenge for the Federal Reserve is that higher gas prices are inflationary, but they also reduce households’ spending power and dampen growth.
The human mind is always searching for meaning in ambiguity. Could misinterpretations of the external world create the experience of the supernatural?
Sovereign debt markets are beginning to develop a way to manage shocks before they escalate into full restructuring episodes.
Not really knowing how much fuel your country needs is a problem.
The shift from secular to religious Zionism inspired a movement that plans to restore the dream of a ‘Greater Israel’.