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Berati family sues Oz govt over Manus murder
Reza Barati was just 23 when bashed to death by Australian guards at a refugee camp on ManusKEITH JACKSONNOOSA – The parents of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati, who died in February 2014 after being...
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Public health & Covid: The old is suddenly new again
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE - In 1979, my first job in the public health system was as a senior administrative officer in South Australia’s public and environmental health service.In those days public...
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Oz sweats to keep Pacific telcos from China
CHRIS DUCKETT| ZDNet | Edited extractsSYDNEY - Australia is funding the potential purchase of a Pacific telco for only one reason, to ensure China Mobile doesn't get to it first.It now appears...
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It was the Aussies who drove PNG to drink
Arthur Williams - "The American Bishop of Kavieng asked me to ring the Convent and invite two of the Sisters to join us to play Rummy"ARTHUR WILLIAMSCARDIFF - Phil Fitzpatrick often writes about...
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Unrequited dream: PNG books in PNG hands
Authors Francis Nii and Francis Kumbon at the Brisbane Writers Festival in 2016DUNCAN GABI| Ples SingsingMADANG - ‘A Manifesto for Literature in Papua New Guinea’ was part of a petition drawn up by PNG...
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Hey, Style Mangi!
LORNA SAGUBA| Ples SingsingHey, Style Mangi!You come in your flashy carOn my dusty, bumpy road,You tok, VOTE ME!I build sealed roads,But all I see after election,You drive the Japanese 5 door,While I...
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Some friendly advice to Sir Bob Dadae
Lady Hannah and Sir Bob Dadae. Sir Bob might be well-advised to stick to the praising, predictabilities and platitudes that are stock-in-trade for vice regal figures around the worldCHRIS...
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Remembering David Frodin: A giant of PNG botany
David Frodin, 2018 (Tony Barrett). David died unexpectedly in London on 12 August 2019, unaware that bladder cancer had taken hold and metastasisedEDITED BY KEITH JACKSONThese are edited extracts of a...
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Builders: The story of Mendi’s Royal Engineers
The Ialibu-Kagua road built by 12 CE Works in the 1970s was finally sealed in 2019KEVIN PAMBA| Harim Tok TokMADANG - By the time the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) unit left Mendi in 1999, most parts...
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Papuans demand justice, not cheap apologies
Indonesian military police assault a disabled Papuan man using a Derek Chauvin-like chokehold. In a rare instance of upholding justice they have been detained pending the results of an...
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In 1962, beer drinking was a rights issue
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE – I am sure Arthur Williams (‘It was the Aussies who drove PNG to drink’) is right about the poor example set by expatriates drinking to excess in colonial times.But I do not...
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Expat lawyer charged over alleged K268m fraud
Greg Sheppard's lawyers say the charges against him are “politically motivated” and “unlawful" (The National)REBECCA KUKU| The GuardianPORT MORESBY - Australian lawyer Greg Sheppard has been arrested...
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Bundaberg issues historic blackbirding apology
Pacific Islander slave labour on a Queensland sugar plantation (State Library of Queensland)JOHANNA MARIE & STEPHANIE DOOLE| ABC Wide BayBUNDABERG - The stone walls that stretch along Bundaberg's...
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Marape attacks scientists over Covid research
Professor William Pomat - defended himself against an intemperate attack by James MarapeKEITH JACKSONNOOSA - The Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research has defended itself against charges by...
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Pacific climate diplomacy – strength in solidarity
The message was clear and strong from Pacific leaders at COP21 in Paris in December 2015. The world was made aware that the Pacific islands were pressing hard to ensure their survival and limit global...
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Libraries pioneer Marian Baker dies in Sydney
Marian Lindsay Baker established the first Public Library Service in Papua New GuineaGEWA BRADLEY| My Land, My CountryPORT MORESBY - Marian Lindsay Baker stepped off the New Guinea Australia Line’s MV...
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Let’s put our feet where our mouth is
Pokpok Island near Kieta. Tourism at community level has great potential for small business and, in the long term, to promote Bougainville as a peaceful and beautiful Pacific destinationSIMON...
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‘Floating, adrift on the tides of prejudice’
The Daily Mirror (Sydney) 11 March 1954. The White Australia Policy officially ended in 1958KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – To augment and provide some formal legal underpinnings for Stefan Armbruster’s fine...
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The man who was told he wasn't Australian
After a five-year legal battle against the Department of Home Affairs Troy Lee has his passport again. His life was wrecked by a callous act of bureaucratic stupidity STEFAN ARMBRUSTER| SBS News | If...
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Let me tell you, Civilised man
YAMIN KOGOYA| Kurumbi WoneCivilised man, you make me sick with your corona and vaccine.You keep inventing and stockpiling dangerous weapons that threaten all life on this planet.You brought deadly...
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