Newly-found 2007 interview with Radio Australia’s In the Loop where I attempt to explain how social media works.
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Category: Radio Australia
PNG Cybersecurity Law to target ‘cowards’ who ‘slander’: PM
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has forthrightly stated that a main thrust of the nation’s new Cybersecurity Law is to target so-called “cowards” on the internet who “bully or slander”.
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NRL ranks urged to adopt domestic violence initiative
Domestic violence is at the forefront of public debate, with staggering figures showing it affects a third of all women in Australia.
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Fiji schoolgirl sprints into Rio contention
A Fiji high school sprinter has set herself up for a surprise wildcard entry to the Rio Olympics.
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Pacific Beat honours Fiji two weeks on from Cyclone Winston
Finally this week on Pacific Beat, let’s pay homage to the people of Fiji as they work hard to rebuild after Cyclone Winston by hearing about their needs, via their own voices.
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Lawyer sting draws questionable PNG, Aust government responses
A sting by a global NGO on high profile Papua New Guinea lawyers and broadcast on Australian television has caused an uproar in legal and political circles, as well as some of the more fiery social media sites.
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Manus and Nauru detention safeguards declined as bill passes Senate
The Australian government has successfully rushed through legislation that explicitly authorises offshore detention funding for Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, before a High Court challenge to its policy.
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Pacific Islands Forum chief says Fiji group not a rival
The secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, says she is prepared for Fiji to take its time before deciding on its future involvement with the regional group.
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Robust Australian budget q&a draws call for defining aid
One aspect that hasn’t changed between this Australian budget and the last is the downward direction of aid and development funding as cuts of more than seven billion dollars over five years, signalled in last year’s budget, start to bite.
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Pacific chief trade adviser says PACER Plus on track
The 10th round of negotiations for the the Pacific nations’ trade agreement known as PACER Plus ended last night in Vanuatu.
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