Justice for Balibo: Australia and Indonesia must answer for this crime
ON a dusty hillside just east of the border with Indonesia, five Australian journalists met their deaths at the hands of Indonesian special forces
Justice
Pacific Islanders march in Belém alongside thousands for climate action
Belém, Brazil – Today, during COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil, more than 50,000 people took part in the People’s March for Climate, including a group of Pacific Island activists in Brazil for the UN climate talks.
Mission report exposes injustice in Kanaky
A NEW report by the Pacific Peoples’ Mission to Kanaky New Caledonia has exposed continuing injustices under French administration, warning that France’s actions are undermining the Kanak people’s right to
A Decade of Ambition: The Pacific’s Climate Reality Ahead of COP30
Ten years ago, the collective voice of the Pacific Islands helped embed the 1.5°C warming limit in the Paris Agreement – a scientifically grounded survival line. As the world turns
Pacific islanders face discriminatory migration policies in NZ
NEW Zealand is failing to protect those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in the Pacific islands. A report by human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says discriminatory migration policies tear
Cycle of violence against kids must change: Judge
FIJI must urgently reform outdated disciplinary practices that harm children and perpetuate a cycle of violence. That’s the outcome of a national conversation on corporal
Our children deserve better
AT the heart of politics today is a striking contradiction – the need to transition away from fossil fuels while continuing to develop these energy
Jail coup leaders – former Fijian politician
ALL Fiji’s coup perpetrators must go to jail, says a former nationalist parliamentarian. Peceli Rinakama called for all perpetrators of Fiji’s coups to face prison, saying the culture of granting immunity to coup
Kiap – mobile government
THEY were called kiap – young, physically fit officers who walked the length and breadth of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, representing the government.
Pacific churches call on Forum leaders to recognise Palestine
AS Pacific leaders meet in Honiara, the Pacific Conference of Churches urges governments to recognise Palestinian