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rebekah-holt.bsky.social
@rebekah-holt.bsky.social
Journalist (from NZ) based in Australia
Co Author of Home to Biloela (published by Allen & Unwin)
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When the writer @alistairkitchen.bsky.social was stopped by C.B.P. last week, an officer told him it was because of what he had written about the protests and Columbia. Kitchen was detained, his phone was searched, and he was eventually deported. nyer.cm/miKH6aK
June 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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A Canadian billionaire has taken a major stake in New Zealand's biggest news publisher. What does it mean for the future of journalism in the country? @rebekah-holt.bsky.social reports.
'A wake for those staying': Fears for NZ journalism as billionaire buys up
A Canadian billionaire has swooped into the New Zealand mediascape and bought a major stake in the country's biggest news publisher.
www.crikey.com.au
March 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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I also spoke of Australia's lack of action on people detained overseas. The Guardian's political editor, Karen Middleton, reports exclusively on my trip to Geneva. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia operates ‘immigration prisons’, human rights lawyer tells UN
In closed hearing, Alison Battisson says country has a ‘terrifying’ record of detaining people unlawfully for indefinite periods
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:22 AM
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solidarity to the Hansard stenographer who is head down furiously smashing out KA MATE KA MATE KA ORA KA ORA TĒNEI TE TANGATA PŪHURUHURU as it goes off all around her
November 14, 2024 at 8:47 AM