The world preem of “Balibo” at the July 24 Melbourne International Film Festival opening night launched what has become a very political event by Oz standards. Cast, crew, local pollies and Timor’s ...

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has hailed the reopening of the investigation into the death of TV cameraman Brian Peters, a member of a group of five journalists of Australian, New Zealand and ...

(MEAA/IFEX) – The following is a 10 May 2007 MEAA media release: Alliance Calls For Safety Training Standard The Media Alliance has given evidence calling for greater uniform safety training for ...

Filmmakers have recreated scenes of chaos in the heart of East Timor's sleepy capital, blocking streets and sending up plumes of smoke for Balibo - an Australian movie about Indonesia's bloody 1975 ...

GREG Shackleton, then 29, was one of a group of Australian-based newsmen - known as the Balibo Five - covering the Indonesian invasion in 1975.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's censors have banned "Balibo," an Australian-made film about five foreign journalists who were killed by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor. The ...

50 years on, families of the 'Balibo Five' are still waiting for justice and for someone to be held accountable In this July 9, 2010, file photo, Shirley Shackleton, wife of late Australian journalist ...