投稿者: Ben Doherty
Environmentalist Jacqueline Evans says she was dismissed from the Marae Moana for urging caution on deep-sea miningThe public champion of the world’s largest marine reserve – the Cook Islands’ Marae Moana – has said she lost her job managing it because…
Papua New Guinea out of pocket $157m from failed attempt at mining material from deep-sea vents as opponents point to environmental riskThe “total failure” of PNG’s controversial deep sea mining project Solwara 1 has spurred calls for a Pacific-wide mo…
Australian citizen, potentially facing the death penalty on an espionage charge, begs PM to ‘please help me’Scott Morrison has called China’s allegation that an Australian writer detained in Beijing is a spy “absolutely untrue” after Yang Hengjun issue…
Lawyers and campaigners express anxiety for writer and former diplomat, who has been detained for seven monthsYang Hengjun was not a spy for Australia, foreign minister Marise Payne has insisted, after the Australian writer was formally charged with es…
Migration agent says housing and other economic factors are also driving residents to consider movingHong Kong’s continuing political unrest has led to a surge in applications from residents seeking to emigrate, including to Australia, and some migrati…
The Free Papua Movement has been fighting for independence from Indonesia for 50 years, so why is there a big flare-up now?Papua and West Papua form the western half of the island of New Guinea (the eastern half is the nation of Papua New Guinea). The …
Ministry of Education sought personal details including dates of birth from academics teaching Chinese-Australian courseAcademics at the University of Technology Sydney have refused a demand from the Chinese Ministry of Education for their passport num…
Breakaway leader Benny Wenda will use meeting in Tuvalu to push for UN vote on Jakarta’s control of province Human rights violations and political independence in West Papua are set to command debate at this week’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), where Pa…