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Downer shares a message with Rudd and Gillard in a Democracy

Our neighbour's crisis should serve as a wake-up call for Canberra PNG matters to us ALEXANDER DOWNER 30 January 2012 The Advertiser English © 2012 News Limited. All rights reserved. I WAS in New York to brief the Un…
Australia may just have to get use to its coup coup neighbours

27 January 2012 Unstable neighbours By Tony Walker - The Australian Financial Review Papua New Guinea sits on what is known as the Pacific Ring of Fire which means that it is inherently unstable geologically. Now, it s…
Can We Reinstate Laisenia Qarase like Sir Michael Somare?

PORT MORESBY, Dec 13 AAP - The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea is expected to issue contempt charges against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on Tuesday morning, with a triumphant Sir Michael Somare saying he will present…
Reminded Us of the Novel Spy Catcher

BY Hedley Thomas 25 May 2011 The Australian Copyright 2011 News Ltd. All Rights Reserved AN Australian government lawyer accused of espionage has been expelled from Vanuatu amid a search of his office and confiscation o…
Fears of Fijian Regional Leadership Can be Overblown

The 18th Leaders' Summit of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) took place in Fiji today, in a meeting seen by some in Australia as evidence of that country's declining influence in the Pacific. Implications The sig…
Power Projection from Lake Burley to Bainimarama's Pacific

THE Gillard government persisted against the odds with its plan for a regional processing centre in East Timor. Not only was the idea ill-conceived, Canberra's diplomatic preparation was also appalling and its failure t…
IS FRANK BAINIMARAMA'S SOUTH PACIFIC A CHINESE LAKE ?

The Prime Minister (unelected) of Fiji, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, has succeeded in attracting the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to an unofficial summit in Suva. The state dinner tomorrow would be mere…
Collapsed Corrupt Solomon Island Government Still Need Australia

News - Leaders Solomons still a neighbour in need 27 September 2010 The Age AGEE First 12 English © 2010 Copyright John Fairfax Holdings Limited. www.theage.com.au COMMENT & DEBATE MOST Australians think o…
Canadian Government Call for Restoration of 1997 Constitution of Fiji

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding Fiji’s expulsion of Australia’s Acting High Commissioner on July 14:“Canada is disappointed by the decision of…
United States Government Condemn Fiji Junta

US condemns expulsion of Australian envoy to Fiji By KIRSTY NEEDHAM 16 July 2010 The Age AGEE First 8 English © 2010 Copyright John Fairfax Holdings Limited. THE United States has condemned Fiji's expulsion…