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[Link] Clash with separatist rebels sees death of three Indonesian soldiers in Papua
Read: 28/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Separatist rebels have killed three Indonesian soldiers and critically injured another during an attack on a military post in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.
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[Link] Australian deployment to Solomon Islands caught in political cross-fire engulfing Honiara
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The deployment of officers from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji to help quell violent protests that have rocked the capital of Honiara has proved controversial.
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[Link] Alleged mini meth lab and firearms discovered in PNG hotel, but Australian manager won't face drug charges
Read: 25/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Papua New Guinea police say outdated drug laws have left them unable to lay drug charges against the Australian manager of a Port Moresby hotel where an alleged clandestine meth lab and illegal firearms were discovered.
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[Link] Men Who Spent 29 Days Lost at Sea Say It Was a Nice Break From the Pandemic
Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com
Livae Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni climbed into their small, 60 horsepower motorboat on the morning of September 3 and departed from Mono Island, in Western province, Solomon Islands.
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[Link] Australia to stop processing asylum seekers in PNG
Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
After that, PNG will assume full responsibility for refugees and asylum seekers in the country.
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[Link] Home affairs minister ordered into mediation with Afghan refugee detained in Australia
Read: 4/8/2021 theguardian.com
The Australian home affairs minister has been ordered into mediation with an Afghan refugee who assisted coalition forces during the Afghanistan conflict and remains in detention in Australia after eight years.
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