Australia’s blatantly strings-attached aid to Papua New Guinea aims to further its own security interests, namely access to PNG’s bases and a military ally obliged to side with Australia in any confrontation with China. Allen Jennings reports.
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Bougainvillean President Ishmael Toroama has accused the Australian government of throwing its support behind the government of Papua New Guinea to destabilise Bougainville’s right to self-determination.
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Long-time peace activist Vikki John looks back at the bloody history of mining in Bougainville and the new government's plan to take political control over the nation's destiny.