Wild developments in this piece: 'In Australia, two RAW officers were expelled in 2020 after authorities broke up what Mike Burgess, head of the Australian intelligence service, described as a “nest of spies.”'

YouTube has blocked Avani Dias powerful reporting about Sikh separatism in Punjab after a demand from the Indian government. It comes two weeks after the blocking of CBC's Fifth Estate program that featured footage of a Sikh seperatist's killing, and a year after a BBC…

Australia deserves a public broadcaster that's free of external interference. We should be able to report independently and fairly without fear.

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It’s election day in Taiwan, here’s everything you need to know about it and some other stuff which you don’t but is funny

“The ABC has a poor track record when it comes to supporting journalists from diverse cultural backgrounds when they come under external criticism and attack,” says Cassie Derrick. Media employers must back their journalists to do their jobs without fear or favour. #NoFearNoFavour …

So disappointed to see Nour Haydar go, a fearless journalist who has given so much to the ABC. What a loss to the organisation. She’s acted with nothing but integrity.

Happy first day of 2024. A reminder that South Asia has five national elections this year:

Bangladesh: January 7*
Bhutan: January 9
Pakistan: February 8*
India: April-May
Sri Lanka: Before September

*Serious concerns about credibility/integrity/fairness of elections.

You’ll be in good company if you do 😎

Featuring the great Jon Sopel Matt Frei Avani Dias and against my better judgment Gabriel Radus

Produced/edited Laura FitzPatrick Gabriel Radus

Christmas Eve walk? Thinking about the year ahead? 2024 will be the biggest test for democracy in history, with 2 billion+ going to the polls globally. We’ve done the country by country profile, so you don’t have to 👇

Last (regular) TNA of the year

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Why are doctors still telling women with endometriosis to become pregnant? Wrote about some really disappointing new research and what might happen if we thought about the uterus like we do other organs

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Indian sources have told me the Quad summit due to be held in late Jan has been postponed saying the timing doesn't work for all leaders. Biden has been facing repeated qs on whether he'd attend after the Indian Gov was linked to alleged assassination plots in the US and Canada.

With a population 10x larger than Australia, Pakistan emits lower total levels of greenhouse gases. But it is feeling the heat in catastrophic ways, reports ⁦Avani Dias⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-12-1…

When Aus. PM Anthony Albanese was asked whether he should have called PM Modi 'the Boss' on his recent trip to Sydney in light of the assassination allegations, Albanese tells the journo to 'chill out a bit'.

'The Indian diaspora welcomed him very strongly as simple as that.'

The Australian Government says it's 'deeply concerned' about allegations from the Canadian PM that Indian agents assassinated a Sikh community leader in Canada in June.

There is an active Khalistan movement in Australia supporting the push for a separate Sikh state.

Leaders agree on G20 declaration, but it’s unlikely to drive change on Ukraine War and climate change.

Our story from the G20 in Delhi: abc.net.au/news/2023-09-1… Tom Lowrey

Western leaders concede on condemning Russia for Ukraine War, as G20 summit agrees on joint declaration abc.net.au/news/2023-09-0… via ABC Australia

#WATCH | G-20 in India | Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Delhi for the G-20 Summit.