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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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  • 3 weeks 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.

  • 3 weeks 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1 month 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.

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Stefan Armbruster
Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster
11 Apr 25

Thank-you for acknowledging @BenarNews Pacific's important role in the region and vacuum its absence leaves. Very much appreciate this as the legal case and political lobbying continues to restore US Congress grant funding cut by a Trump executive order. https://t.co/2IIsOLrDOX

Stefan Armbruster
Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster
7 Apr 25

Thanks very much MEAA for your support and for your members at BenarNews in Australia. Appreciate it very much.

MEAA
MEAA @withMEAA

#MEAAmedia stands in solidarity with the journalists and staff impacted by the suspension of @BenarNews, particularly those in its Brisbane-based Pacific Bureau. https://t.co/JuqHuO4J5J

Stefan Armbruster
Stefan Armbruster @StefArmbruster
7 Apr 25

RT @withMEAA: #MEAAmedia stands in solidarity with the journalists and staff impacted by the suspension of @BenarNews, particularly those i…