Oceania

Australia's fight with Facebook and Google

By WILL ALLEN Overnight Facebook destroyed digital news in Australia. On the day that saw the technology giant Google begin to negotiate...

Australian Wildfires: One Year On and Nothing Has Changed

As featured in Edition 37, available here. By GEORGINA MILNER In 2019 over 60% of the Australian public were recorded to believe that...

2020 will be remembered as Ardern’s year – but things will get harder

As featured in Edition 37, available here. By JAMES BALDWIN New Zealand is often recognised as being a popular expat destination, having...

Imprisoning children: Australia's criminal responsibility laws

By NELL SALVONI The media spotlight on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement this year has awakened many to the realities of systemic...

From arrows to AK-47s: modern warfare and the future of Papua New Guinea

Clashes in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) formed part of a familiar cycle. At least they did until modern weaponry and foreign...

Fighting a losing battle? Small nations and climate change

The small Pacific island of Palau has been the first country to ban the sale and use of suncream. This is just one of the several...

My Country is Burning

My country is burning. The Australian bushfires have turned the skies from blue, to a deathly black, to a scorching red. The fires have...

New Zealand and the surprising battle over abortion

New Zealand. Home of beautiful mountains, amazing butter and The Hobbit. More recently, it has made headlines thanks to its young, ‘woke’...

A constitutionally enshrined aboriginal voice is a necessity in Australia

In Australian politics, socio-economic inequalities and frustrations among indigenous communities are among a few of the many effects...

Budgeting happiness: New Zealand's approach

New Zealand’s Labour coalition government has created the world’s first ‘Well-being Budget.’ The 2019 budget marks a historic shift in...

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