The passion and care Nic Maclellan reports with on #NewCaledonia issues over many decades is truly top tier and we are all better informed because of his tireless work! Thank you for your time and continued analysis.

Great report about #NewCaledonia from ‘The Pacific’ on ABC News, with striking footage from Noumea and interviews with locals. Thanks to the team for inviting me to join the program as the talking head! Johnson Raela Alice Lolohea Gabriella Marchant
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Meitaki ma’ata Nic Maclellan for your time.

Latest ep of The Pacific:
Riots in New Caledonia 🇳🇨, Tongan weavers losing money to copycat mats 🇹🇴, rugby league fans in PNG priced out of the action 🇵🇬 and the durability of Pacific airlines in the wake of Air Vanuatu’s insolvency 🇻🇺 Alice Lolohea
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#BREAKING : Labor senator Fatima Payman has broken ranks to accuse Israel of conducting a 'genocide' in Gaza and called on the prime minister and her government to sanction the Israeli government while urging her colleagues to 'stand for what is right'. sbs.com.au/news/article/l…

More criticism of Macron’s policy on #NewCaledonia , from former French Justice Minister and Attorney General Jean-Jacques Urvoas. Last month, he warned that reforms “proposed unilaterally in a difficult context mark the end of a peaceful process and a possible return to tumult.”

#BREAKING : David McBride jailed for 5 years and 8 months with no parole for 2 year 3 months!

Today we have seen the first person related to war crimes in Australia jailed, and it’s the whistleblower. What a stain on governance and justice in Australia.

David is a hero. #auspol

Serious unrest and rioting in New Caledonia 🇳🇨 👇

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After a night of violence in Noumea, the French High Commission announces a 6pm to 6am curfew for Tuesday 14 May. The French authorities have banned all gatherings and demonstrations, the sale of alcohol and the carrying of weapons.

#IStandWithMahmood

Intriguing story by Hugo Hodge !!

#WATCH : A Future Made in Australia will be the centrepiece of Tuesday’s Federal #Budget , with Qld and WA lauded as the big winners. So SBS News went to Coal Country to see what people at the frontline of the energy transition think.

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As western countries toughen policies that return people to Pacific countries after a conviction- such a powerfully told story by Alice Lolohea and Marian Kupu 🇹🇴 on the impact on both the returnees, and the communities having to support them 🙌youtube.com/watch?v=arH3CH…

1 year in jail for Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
2 years in jail for former Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho. #Breaking #FijiNews ABC News Nick Sas

Legend has it a jealous husband used a wave curse to sink Teonimenu island into the ocean forever. Scientists have worked out what really happened and the suspected location is still visible on Google Earth. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

Israeli officials taking Al Jazeera’s camera gear from the hotel the network was using as a bureau in East Jerusalem. Al Jazeera is now banned from broadcasting and newsgathering in #Israel .

Honoured to MC part of the ABU ABC Australia Pacific Media Partnership Conference in Meanjin this week and talanoa with our broadcasters from across the region.

How good do our Pacific Local Journalism Network look though 😍 Lice Movono Nick Sas Marian Kupu 🇹🇴 Belinda Kora 🔥

Sky News is a disgrace.

I love the fish story so hard.

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