Stefan Armbruster

Latest from Victor Mambor and myself for BenarNews.

Indonesia accused of subverting Pacific push for UN rights mission to Papua Unannounced visit by top Melanesian diplomat used by Indonesia to paint Papuan provinces as stable, despite recent deadly clashes.

Here's an exciting opportunity with a US-funded overseas news service in Australia.

Radio Free Asia is expanding its BenarNews digital platform in the Pacific with the soon-to-be established Brisbane bureau.

We're looking for the right person to run our office and support our newsgathering operations. Knowledge and understanding of the Pacific region will be highly regarded.

Job description and application details on the link. (Note: this is not a journalism or editorial role).

Apply here: https://careers-rfacareers.icims.com/jobs/1053/office-administrator%2c-benarnews-pacific-%28brisbane-based%29/

Latest from Harlyne Joku, myself and BenarNews.

Australia pays growing price tag to keep Papua New Guinea on side ‘Budget support’ loans to PNG since 2020 total nearly A$2.6 billion, says Australia’s foreign affairs department.

Latest collaboration with PNG journalist colleague Harlyne Joku for Radio Free Asia/BenarNews.

Facing possible no-confidence vote, PNG prime minister defends record In State of the Nation address, PM James Marape says “economy has turned the corner.”

Latest from me with colleague Stephen Wright on the PNG landslide disaster for RFA/BenarNews.

PNG landslide: Thousands more to evacuate as death toll mounts Up to 10,000 people from villages downhill of the disaster zone will be evacuated.

The 2023 winners of the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism, Marian Faa and Stefan Armbruster have produced their finished works, delivering in-depth coverage of international stories seldom covered in the Australian media. https://www.walkleys.com/sean-dorney-grant-coverage-vanuatu-solomons/

Latest collaboration with RFA/ BenarNews’ correspondent Stephen Wright on what's happening in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia curfew imposed after riots over French constitutional change French plans to enlarge New Caledonia’s electoral roll could further marginalize the territory’s independence movement.

Tenku tru to PNG’s Post Courier for republishing our BenarNews report on Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders / RSF 's 2024 World Press Freedom Index and the Pacific (via the Development Policy Centre).

https://www.postcourier.com.pg/fijis-media-freedom-ranking-jumps-pngs-plummets-2/

Spotted Bal K**a 🙏.

Thanks Development Policy Centre for publishing our report on Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders / RSF's 2024 World Press Freedom Index and the Pacific.

“Fiji’s improvement in the annual Reporters Without Borders index was in contrast to the global trend for erosion of media independence – manifested in the Pacific by PNG’s evolving plans for a media law and its PM’s threat to retaliate against journalists,” say Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster from BenarNews.

“Reporters Sans Frontières said Friday there has been a ‘worrying decline’ globally in respect for media autonomy and an increase in pressure from states and other political actors.”

https://devpolicy.org/fijis-media-freedom-ranking-jumps-pngs-plummets/

Latest from me for RFA/Benar News and first collaboration with Pacific correspondent Stephen Wright.

Fiji’s media freedom ranking jumps, Papua New Guinea’s plummets Reporters Without Borders says there’s a ‘worrying decline’ globally in respect for media autonomy.

Latest from RFA/Benar News’ PNG journalist Harlyne Joku with my first contribution.

Biden’s cannibal remarks send US-Papua New Guinea relations to ‘low point’ The Pacific nation’s foreign minister says he hopes the White House can put the record straight.

Time for a change of job? I have and am now with Radio Free Asia/Benar News to expand their Pacific digital news service. We'll be looking for people to come work for us from Brisbane to cover the region starting with this offering. Must be willing to travel extensively in the Pacific. Damn.

Will be closing soon so please apply if interested or DM me.

Pacific Correspondent, BenarNews (Brisbane-Based) Home | Jobs and Internships Pacific Correspondent, BenarNews (Brisbane-Based) BenarNews is a digital media platform at Radio Free Asia that provides clear and accurate news on security, politics and human rights on the local and regional level in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangl...

Lol. Get this poster boy. But seriously, the Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism is gold. Apply now and see you in the Pacific.

Applications are open for the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism. Up to two journalists will each receive $10,000 to produce significant content in any medium profiling issues in the Pacific region. https://www.walkleys.com/grants/sean-dorney-grant/

In no particular order, definitely local but not exhaustive or definative 4ZZZ (the original and best)!

Thanks as always to you out there for all the support and feedback over 2023. Much appreciated in another hectic year of covering the highs and lows for SBSNews plus some highlights like the Walkley’s Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism and becoming a Dart Centre Asia Pacific fellow. And also special thanks to MEAA and Griffith Asia Institute's Pacific Hub for backing me in. Thank-you all.

Wish you all a safe end of year and better 2024. See you for the next orbit.

Robodebt Royal Commission coverage, professor kidnapped in PNG, Lismore flood anniversary, Seaworld helicopter crash ATSB report, Vanuatu cyclones Julie and Kevin, West Papua clashes in NZ pilot rescue operation, French Polynesian election, FNQ crime protest, Brisbane flood gauges, Queensland housing crisis, UNHCR OPCAT report in to refugee detention centres, PNG violence, court for alleged terrorist supporter, Kiribati drought state of emergency, Holocaust museum opens, IMO shipping meeting on climate change, Mangrove Jack women’s football team, Women’s World Cup coverage, grim bushfire outlook, Melanesian Spearhead Group meets including on West Papua, Queensland fires, first Australian Paris Olympic athlete, Manmeet Sharma coroner’s inquest findings, Bill Hayden funeral, Pacific Games in Solomon Islands, COP28 loss and damage.

Master’s apprentices. Sean Dorney (and Pauline of course) with his 2023 Walkley Grant for Pacific Journalism recipients, with the wonderfully talent Marian Faa and us all finally in the same place. Another one of those funniest nights on the deck. Thanks again and for your hospitality, as always.

Australian fire chiefs ring the alarm as ‘2023 is left in cinders’ by disasters around the world in hottest year on record.

Oh, the screen shot from the piece to camera. Lol.

Latest for SBS News.

Fire chiefs ring the alarm with Spring Bushfire outlook Australians are being urged to prepare for what may be the most significant bushfire season since the deadly 2019-2020 Black Summer fires. Large areas of the country are at an increased risk due to reduced rainfall, above-average temperatures and changing weather patterns. Some of the country's…

Weird thing the 3rd/4th place FIFA WWC play-off. So sad for you Matildas and congrats Sweden. Post-match chats with Sam Kerr and Mary Fowler and was only Australian journo to bother with Swedish captain Kosovare Asllani. Wt* local media. And in amongst the crowd SBS colleague from Canberra, political reporter Sara Tomevska. So good to see you.