20 Dec 2019

Vanuatu court allows journalist to return to country

From , 5:03 am on 20 December 2019

The director of Vanuatu's largest newspaper is looking forward to being reunited with his family for Christmas, after the Supreme Court voided a government order barring him from entering the country. 

Dan McGarry, who has been in Vanuatu for 16 years, has been embroiled in a legal fight for more than a month after the government refused to renew his work permit. 

He was later blocked from boarding a flight back to Vanuatu after he went to attend a conference in the Australian city of Brisbane. 

But the Supreme Court on Wednesday found there was no legal basis for refusing him travel, a decision Mr McGarry told Jamie Tahana he's grateful for. 

The media director of Vanuatu's Daily Post newspaper, Dan McGarry.

The media director of Vanuatu's Daily Post newspaper, Dan McGarry. Photo: Twitter / Dan McGarry