Pacific Brief: Geo-political and military activity in the Pacific
Malaysia buys Norwegian missiles, Japan hardens defence policy, India expands influence and Melanesia faces corruption risks in a shifting Pacific.
Australia
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Farrar is a coward quisling – here’s the real reason NZ will join Australia
Calls for New Zealand to surrender its sovereignty to Australia are no longer confined to fringe commentary. They are now…
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Life in Lock Down: Day 22 – Is that a light at the end of a four week long tunnel?!
April 16: Day 22 of living in lock-down…
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The new Australian marketing video with Kylie Minogue
The new Australian tourism video has just been released on social media and it’s very funny..
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Not Quite An Act Of War: Analysing Australia’s Push-Back Against Jacinda’s Manus Island Outreach
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK A LONG WAY to find anything remotely resembling Australia’s current treatment of New Zealand. For a supposedly friendly government to deliberately inject inflammatory disinformation into the political bloodstream of its supposedly closest neighbour is an extraordinarily provocative act. Not quite an act of war, but the sort of intervention that can all-too-easily provoke a catastrophic loss of trust.
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GUEST BLOG: Te Reo Putake – Manus; an ANZAC Solution
The Australian humanitarian crisis cannot be ignored by New Zealand. Canberra seems completely paralysed and unable to understand the horror of the situation they have created at the Manus Island Detention facility in Papua New Guinea, let alone resolve the problem.
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Just when you couldn’t be more disgusted by Naru
Prepare to be made sicker.
