Stefan Armbruster

Brisbane

Head of News Pacific at Radio Free Asia

Contributing Writer and Photographer at Freelance

Head of News (Pacific) @RadioFreeAsia/@BenarNews. 'Industry fellow' @GAIGriffith Pacific Hub. Fed delegate @withMEAA✊🏼. Journalist trainer. RTs ≠ 👍🏼 or 👎🏼.

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Articles

Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence

1 month ago | pacificislandtimes.com | Leah Lowonbu |Stefan Armbruster |Harlyne Joku

By Leah Lowonbu, Stefan Armbruster and Harlyne Joku(BenarNews) -- Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signaled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Government of Bougainville as mediation begins on the delayed ratification of its successful 2019 independence referendum. PNG and Bougainville’s leaders met in the capital Port Moresby this week with a moderator to start negotiations on the implementation of the U.N.-supervised Bougainville Peace Agreement and referendum.
Milestone PNG conviction puts sorcery accusers on notice over inciting lynchings

1 month ago | benarnews.org | Sue Ahearn |Stefan Armbruster

A landmark court conviction in Papua New Guinea related to the murder of a mother-of-five accused of sorcery is being hailed as a major victory in the fight to stop such attacks and murders. For the first time, a court has found a person guilty of accusing someone of sorcery under legislation, known as the Glasman Act, which was passed by the PNG Parliament in 2022.
Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence

1 month ago | asiapacificreport.nz | Leah Lowonbu |Stefan Armbruster |Harlyne Joku

By Leah Lowonbu, Stefan Armbruster and Harlyne Joku of BenarNewsThe Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signalled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Government of Bougainville as mediation begins on the delayed ratification of its successful 2019 independence referendum. PNG and Bougainville’s leaders met in the capital Port Moresby this week with a moderator to start negotiations on the implementation of the UN-supervised Bougainville Peace Agreement and referendum.
Top Pacific diplomats ready for direct talks on Bougainville independence

1 month ago | benarnews.org | Leah Lowonbu |Stefan Armbruster |Harlyne Joku

The Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signaled they are ready to engage with Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Government of Bougainville as mediation begins on the delayed ratification of its successful 2019 independence referendum. PNG and Bougainville’s leaders met in the capital Port Moresby this week with a moderator to start negotiations on the implementation of the U.N.-supervised Bougainville Peace Agreement and referendum.
Pacific ‘shock’ as diluted UN women’s declaration ditches reproductive rights

2 months ago | eveningreport.nz | Sera Sefeti |Stefan Armbruster |AsiaPacific Report.nz

By Sera Sefeti and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNewsPacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from the key declaration of the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This year CSW69 will review and assess the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, the UN’s blueprint for gender equality and rights for women and girls.
Pacific ‘shock’ as diluted UN women’s declaration ditches reproductive rights

2 months ago | asiapacificreport.nz | Sera Sefeti |Stefan Armbruster

By Sera Sefeti and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNewsPacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from the key declaration of the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This year CSW69 will review and assess the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, the UN’s blueprint for gender equality and rights for women and girls.
Pacific ‘shock’ as UN women’s declaration ditches reproductive rights

2 months ago | benarnews.org | Sera Sefeti |Stefan Armbruster

Pacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from the key declaration of the 69th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York. This year CSW69 will review and assess the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration, the U.N 's blueprint for gender equality and rights for women and girls.
Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.4 magnitude quake hits off capital Port Vila

Dec 16, 2024 | benarnews.org | Stefan Armbruster

A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday, U.S. geologists said, severely damaging a number of buildings in the capital, crushing cars and briefly triggering a tsunami warning. Witnesses described a “violent shake” and widespread damage to Port Vila, located about 1,900 kilometers (1,180 miles) northeast of the Australian city of Brisbane.
Pacific police chiefs open Australian base for regional rapid deployment force

Dec 10, 2024 | benarnews.org | Stefan Armbruster

Pacific police chiefs have formally opened the headquarters and training center for a new stand-by, mutual assistance force in Australia to support countries during civil unrest, natural disasters and major events. The Pacific Policing Initiative was declared operational just 17 months after chiefs agreed in 2023 on the need to create a multinational unit, with US$270 million (A$400 million) in funding from Australia.
Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine clean-up

Dec 8, 2024 | eveningreport.nz | Stefan Armbruster |AsiaPacific Report.nz

By Stefan Armbruster in BrisbaneThe first large-scale environmental impact assessment of Rio Tinto’s abandoned Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea has found local communities face life-threatening risks from its legacy. The independent study was initiated after frustrated landowners in PNG’s Autonomous Region of Bougainville took their longstanding grievances against Rio Tinto to the Australian government in 2020.