The reason may be that the messages reinforce popular perceptions that corruption is pervasive and insurmountable. In doing so, they encourage apathy and acceptance rather than inspire activism
The contract, worth over Aus$400-million over the last two years, has been the subject of deep controversy
An unexpected victory by Scott Morrison’s centre-right coalition has dashed hopes and set off a wave of self-harm including several hospitalisations
There is only one reason why immigration minister Peter Dutton isn’t equally welcoming of Palestinians and the Rohingyas.
Australia’s prime minister, Julia Gillard has announced a sharp reversal in her government’s policy on asylum seekers on Monday.
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/ 2 February 2012
Rescuers have saved 219 people from the waters off the coast of Papua New Guinea after a ferry carrying over 300 passengers sank in bad weather.
Tiny fish flashed across the bows of our yellow kayaks as we paddled across a tropical sea. Our destination was a sliver of white sand.
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/ 28 September 2009
More than 50 prisoners escaped from a Papua New Guinea jail after wardens failed to show up for work, officials said on Monday.
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/ 1 December 2008
Papua New Guinea women killed their baby boys over 10 years to stop breeding males who would continue a long-running tribal war, a recent report said.
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/ 22 November 2007
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6,7 rocked eastern Papua New Guinea on Thursday, causing some damage and plunging parts of the coastal city of Lae into darkness, officials and witnesses said. The quake hit just before 6.48pm local time with the epicentre about 400km north of the capital, Port Moresby.
Police and health workers in Papua New Guinea launched an investigation on Tuesday into reports that people living with Aids in the rugged South Pacific nation were being buried alive by their relatives. Romanus Pakure, deputy director of the government’s National Aids Council, said the allegations were ”a wake-up call”.
A moderate earthquake toppled several houses on Sunday in the Solomon Islands near where a quake and tsunami killed 52 people early this month, an official said. The United States Geological Survey reported that a magnitude-5,4 quake struck mid-afternoon local time 40km south-east of the region’s main town of Gizo.
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/ 15 December 2004
A bid by a South African joint venture to acquire a 51% stake in telecommunications group Telikom PNG has been rejected by the Papua New Guinea government, it was announced on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare said the national executive council had decided not to proceed with the partial sale of Telikom and that the government would re-examine its options next year
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/ 11 December 2004
Several thousand people remain stranded without adequate food, water or shelter on a remote south Pacific island following repeated volcanic eruptions, local authorities said on Friday. Five people have already died after drinking ash-contaminated water on Manam in Papua New Guinea.