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Putin’s doodlebugs signal increasing desperation
CHRIS OVERLANDADELAIDE – There are confirmed reports in the media that the Russians have begun to fire hypersonic missiles at selected targets in Ukraine.Last night one of these weapons struck an...
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Morrison’s Manus cruelty, by the man who got away
Jaivet Ealom - taken from his Manus identification card on which a sharp-eyed Australian immigration official misspelled his namePHILIP FITZPATRICKEscape from Manus: The untold true story by Jaivet...
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Graduating to illiteracy? Just not on
Justin Olam - rugby league champion (nrl.com)JUSTIN KUNDALINKANDEP, ENGA – Papua New Guinea is a developing country doing everything it can to catch up with the Western world. In my view, easily the...
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Of Ulli Beier, Obotunde Ijimere & M. Lovori
Ulli Beier and President Léopold Senghor at the exhibition Neue Kunst in Afrika, 1980. Senghor, a poet and cultural theorist was Senegal's leader from 1960–80 (Archive Iwalewahaus)MAEBH LONGThis...
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‘Christ smelled like a king….’
Graphic by Greg RosenkeSIMON DAVIDSONThe inspiration for this poem came as Dr Unia Api,a lecturer at Pacific Adventist University, spoke inthe chapel to Sonoma Adventist College theologystudents on...
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The amazing, absurd & shocking story of Port Moresby
The first printed plan of Port Moresby was compiled from surveys made in July and August 1886 by Walter R GuthbertsonTHERESA PATTERSON| From a story originally published in the Papua New Guinea...
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The remarkable Doc Vernon, doctor to the troops
Soldiers of the Australian 39th Battalion, Kokoda campaign, 1942 (Australian War Memorial)KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – After graduating with a BA in history and English literature, Adrian Clack spent six...
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Who would make PNG’s best prime minister?
Dr Allan Marat -MICHAEL KABUNI| Academia NomadPORT MORESBY - Who would you like to see become Papua New Guinea’s prime minister? In this article, the top three candidates are ranked and profiled about...
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Can their political legacy get PNG women elected?
Dulciana Somare with her father, the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. Dulciana is contesting the seat of Angoram in this year's national election (Dulciana Somare)THERESA MEKI| DevPolicy...
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Three summits in Brussels as Ukraine fights back
A Russian armoured personnel carrier burns amid damaged and abandoned utility vehicles after fighting in Kharkiv (Marienko Andrew, AP)CHRIS OVERLAND & KEITH JACKSONADELAIDE & NOOSA – As the...
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At war with the autocrats
Professor Henry Reynolds - "It is by no means clear that the world’s authoritarian states see themselves as members of an 'anti-democratic coalition'. Some of the most autocratic are American...
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Canberra wrings hands as Honiara goes pinkish
Solomons prime minister Manasseh Sogavare and China's premier Li Keqiang in the Great Hall of the People, 9 October 2019 (Thomas Peter, Reuters)KEITH JACKSONNOOSA - The Australian government and its...
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You can improve the way your brain works
The 'sandwalk' where the great scientist. Charles Darwin, did much of his thinkingSIMON DAVIDSONSONOMA - A fertile brain bubbling with game changing ideas is the by-product of habits consistently...
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7 PNG provinces get new electorates
THIERRY LEPANI| Twitter @LepaniThierry | Edited for publicationPORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea parliament has approved the creation of seven new electorates by splitting seven existing ones in time...
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Australia is losing in the Pacific. Here’s why.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton (9 News)STEPHEN CHARTERIS"We share with our Pacific family culture, the principles of democracy and freedom, and these are things that are very important to the Pacific...
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In a world of violence, is it forlorn to hope?
Illustration by Dola Sun (National Public Radio, USA)PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - Politicians and other reprobates are known to rely on a suite of well-worn axioms as they go about their nefarious...
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Ode to an Adventist education
SIMON DAVIDSONI once walked the city’s dusty streets,Homeless, aimless, pennilessDropped-out, poor, no future,Surviving on crumbs and goodwillBut with undying hope in my soulI scraped a few coins to...
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Asking if we write is the wrong question
Michael Dom - "Beier, Fitzpatrick and Jackson were opening up avenues for PNG writing". Dom and his associates are more likely to develop a design that will enable it to flourishMICHAEL DOMPles...
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Guns & politicians: no special privileges please
MICHAEL KABUNI| Academia NomadPORT MORESBY – Recently, there have been two gun incidents in Port Moresby involving politicians.The most serious of these occurred when a gun allegedly belonging to a PNG...
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Ulli Beier: A personal recollection
Something of a metaphor. Ulli Beier with monkey idling in the shadows on his shoulderED BRUMBYMELBOURNE - It is 52 years since I attended Ulli Beier’s classes in African literature at the University of...
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