95bFM: The Southern Cross

Southern Cross is back and Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew speaks to the Wire team about the latest in Pacific news. They talk West Papuan demonstrations spreading across Indonesia and a leading broadcaster in Papua New Guinea being sacked and reinstated under contentious circumstances. 

This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to the Wire Team about the Pacific Islands Forum, an American journalist shot in the Philippines, migrant communities supporting the occupation at Ihumātao and much more. 

This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor, Michael Andrew, talks to Jemima and Rahul about the latest events in Pacific news. Australia's Right to Know media lobbying group has made recommendations to review the laws that inhibit press freedom in Australia, a report has detailed the shocking levels of child violence in the Pacific Islands, Pacific leaders have declared a climate emergency and more. 

This week on the Southern Cross Pacific Media Centre contributing editor Michael Andrew talked to the Wire team about French journalists who were arrested in Australia for filming protestors at a coal mine in Queensland. They also discussed West Papuan media violations, a call for more media freedom in West Papua and the Pacific Media Centre's mid-winter showcase. 

Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to us about massacres in Papua New Guinea villages, journalism and human rights developments in the Phillipines, the further fallout of a Tongan beauty queen's controversial speech and more. 

This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Centre director, Professor David Robie talks to Jemima and Lachlan about several controversial issues in the Pacific this week. He covers West Papuan human rights defender, Rosa Moiwend's disappointment in New Zealand's inaction in West Papua, a controversial speech at the Miss Heilala beauty pageant, and a secrecy veil over the deportation of six Chinese officials in Vanauatu. 

Pacific Media Watch contributing editor, Michael Andrew, talks to the Wire team about the Cook Islands censor's attempted ban of Rocketman, Isreal Folau's controversial comments, successes in Vanautu media and a conference in Bangkok regarding ethics in technology. 

This week on Southern Cross, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor, Michael Andrew, talks to Jemima and Lachlan about Samoan censorship laws, logging announcements in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea and New Zealand's problematic coverage of a Kiwi stabbed in Papua New Guinea. 

This week on the Southern Cross, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew talks to Jemima about the police raids on journalists in Australia, the increased aid and funding Australia and New Zealand are pumping into the Pacific, and former Prime Minister of Papua Guinea, Peter O'Neill's resignation. 

This week Southern Cross is back and Jemima speaks to Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Michael Andrew about the latest in Pacific news. They talk about Papua New Guinea, the aftermath of the Australian election on the Manus Islands and the Indonesian general elections.