Fascinating US-Vanuatu dynamics. Napat has repeatedly pressed DC to elevate ties- including through a new pact- and heaped praise on Trump's two genders EO. Meanwhile his Climate Change Minister has been locked in diplomatic combat with the Administration on climate for months

FT Exclusive: Departments across the British broadcaster have been ordered to cut about a tenth of their costs under wider plans expected to result in a total of about 2,000 job losses. ft.trib.al/8Tk11mG

So, journalism to be subjected to AI-generated legal review for those willing to pay. Note the Melbourne connection @THR hollywoodreporter.com/busine…

Why Donald Trump keeps abusing female journalists - my conversation on ABC news podcast based on my Substack piece on how White House reporters, and their employers, could do more to protect colleagues. abc.net.au/listen/programs/a…

Asia ponders the mystery of our time: US security commitment to Asia - and US directions about everything, everywhere. SAA's Graeme Dobell does the Shangri-La dialogue washup. strategicanalysis.org/asia-p…

Meta lashes out at Australia’s bid to make tech giants pay publishers for news content bit.ly/4aqo4WI

The Pentagon has banned journalists from its press office, saying it is now a classified space. A spokesman said it had been "redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility" because Pete Hegseth's speechwriters were now sharing the room. Last year the New York Times won a legal challenge against restrictions on access for journalists - although the defence department then barred reporters from entering without an official escort.

“Sky News should give up the pretense of being a news service and register as a political party,” writes John Hewson. trib.al/e1Jc5nE

US journalists are contending with a president who's turned traditional media relations upside down. Donald Trump, who frequently chooses to use his own social media platform 'Truth Social', has labelled legacy organisations as 'fake news'. Al Jazeera’s @KimberlyHalkett reports.

Free speech on the line. International mining company moves to crush the voice of independent media reporting on alleged massive wage theft scandal. ‘BHP seeks urgent suppression orders in trial against coal miner and MWM publisher’ michaelwest.com.au/bhp-urgen… via @MichaelWestBiz

More money in the NZ budget for Māori broadcasting rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korih…

New head of ABC News expected to be Simon Robinson theguardian.com/media/2026/m…

📢 CALLING ALL 🇸🇧 JOURNALISTS & MEDIA HOUSES @bbcmediaaction is offering “Content Production” Grants to help you produce powerful stories from outside Honiara – from rural, remote & outer island communities.

The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Fijian Media Association (FMA) warmly invite media professionals, partners and stakeholders to the 8th Pacific Media Summit, taking place in Savusavu, Fiji 🇫🇯, from 21–25 September 2026. #PacificMediaSummit2026 #BluePacific

Tuvalu climate change.This reporting was supported by the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism through the Walkley Foundation. facebook.com/share/p/19mDaHz…

Pressured Australian media sector boosted by broadcast tax cuts neoskosmos.com/en/2026/05/12… via @NeosKosmos

Auslan90 is the only program that currently delivers top news stories in Auslan by Deaf journalists, however this service may end once grant funding stops on 30 June this year. Learn more: buff.ly/gWGz1Vg

The @nytimes added 310,000 net new digital subscribers in the first quarter, surpassing 13.1 million total, the largest paid audience in the history of the paper. @katie_robertson nytimes.com/2026/05/06/busin…