2008

Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bulletin issues for 2008.

APSNet 21 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-20 21:11

 

APSNet 17 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-16 22:52

1. Fitzgibbon Calls for Afghan Surge; 2. Australia Better off out of Iraq - Joel Fitzgibbon; 3. Fitzgibbon Backs US Link; 4. Indonesia 'Regrets' Timor Atrocities; 5. Black Hawk Crash Inevitable, Says Inquiry; 6. South Korean Defence Minister to Promote Arms Deals in Turkey, Indonesia; 7. Taking on the Tyrants.

APSNet 14 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-13 22:39

1. Afghanistan More Unstable; 2. US Eyes Swifter Iraq Withdrawal; 3. Malaysia, Australia Offer Peacekeeping Training to Regional Armies; 4. Rudd on Right Track despite Rebuff; 5. Tanks Flawed, Army Admits; 6. PNG: Border Incursion; 7. India's Uranium Deal Threatens Nuclear Headache for Australia; 8. Briefing Note: Commission of Truth and Friendship – Indonesia-Timor Leste.

APSNet 10 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-09 22:27

1. Military Exercises in East Timor under Fire; 2. Taliban Conflict 'Cannot be Won' in Afghanistan; 3. Iraq Raises Idea of Timetable for US Withdrawal; 4. Nuclear Disarmament and Its Limits; 5. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Tough Stance on Sect Illustrates Influence of Muslim Hardliners; 6. China, India Snub World on Targets; 7. Policy Forum: US Chemical and Biological Warfare Tests in the Pacific - and Australia?

APSNet 7 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-09 20:26

1. US 'Planned to Test Nerve Gas on Diggers'; 2. How to Sound Convincing When No-one Will Listen; 3. When Australia Had a Bombshell for US; 4. Treasury Warns on Military Spending; 5. Call to Submerge Our Naval Force; 6. Indonesia Seeks to Shut Navy Lab Researching Avian Flu; 7. Garnaut Calls for Urgent Climate Action.

APSNet 3 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-02 21:54

1. Defence to Act on Black Hawk Inquiry; 2. Iraq Sues AWB over Oil-For-Food Bribery Scandal; 3. US Praises Nuclear Treaty, Silent on Rudd Plan; 4. NNSA Trains Southeast Asian Nations in Nuclear Safeguards; 5. War in Philippines 'More Likely Than Not'; 6. Timorese Look to Life after Horta; 7. House to Pass W. Papua Autonomy Bill.

APSNet 30 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-30 00:28

1. Why War in Asia Remains Thinkable; 2. Nuclear Power Bombs in Rudd's Climate Change Options; 3. Questioning Australia's Beowulf Option; 4. RDTL Doubles Budget in Mid-Year; 5. Not Diplomatic: Did Ramos Horta Botch His Bid for UN Job? 6. Australia, US and Japan to Forge Disaster Taskforce; 7. Afghan Situation Worsening, UN Relief Chief Says, Urging New Approach; 8. Curtin Call an Excellent Debut.

APSNet 26 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-02 23:16

1. Australia Signs on to Truce on Whaling; 2. Afghan Casualties Spook US Generals; 3. Neighbourhood Watch: The Evolving Terrorist Threat in Southeast Asia; 4. Indonesian Defense Ministry Offers Some Options on Budget Cuts; 5. Global Warming to Hit Security: Report; 6. Pacific Appeals to Fiji to let Peters in; 7. Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce: Final Report to Government.

APSNet 23 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-22 22:32

1. Time to Bridge Deep Divide; 2. Hearts and Minds Not Won; 3. Counter-Terrorism Force Set for Pakistan; 4. Last Wave of Diggers Returns from Iraq; 5. Will the US Surrender the Nuclear First-Use Option? 6. Indon Military Chief Arrested for Murder.

APSNet 19 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-18 22:52

1. 5 ASEAN Nations Set to Pursue Nuclear Plan; 2. East Timor's Unready Police; 3. Local Forces to Pave the Way to Victory; 4. 230 More British Troops to Be Sent to Afghanistan, Browne Announces; 5. Indonesia, the Ahmadiyya and Radical Islam; 6. Indonesia: Communal Tensions in Papua; 7. Indonesian Military Chief Admits Lack of Weapons for Military Exercises; 8. Migration and Climate Change.

APSNet 16 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-15 23:02

1. Revealed: Our Spy Targets; 2. Australia Pledges $250 Million in Further Assistance for Afghanistan; 3. Nuke Waste Dump Site Will Be Based on Science: Rudd; 4. High-Seas Tuna Stakes for Pacific Minnows; 5. ETAN Protests Promotion of New Kopassus Commander.

APSNet 12 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-11 23:41

1. Australia Reviews Asylum Detention Policy; 2. New Push for Nuclear Waste Dump; 3. Pirates Attack Broome-Bound Cattle Carrier; 4. A Gentle Test of Rudd's Foreign Credentials; 5. Our War Is Not over Yet; 6. Diggers to Join UN Mission in Darfur; 7. Seoul, Jakarta to Hold First Military Dialogue; 8. Briefing Note: Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Commission.

APSNet 5 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-05 15:31

1. Rudd's Grand Vision for Asia-Pacific; 2. Troops Overstretched, Says Minister; 3. ‘Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century’, a Defence Policy Discussion Paper; 4. Wideband Global Satellite Communications Capability Obtained, Greg Combet; 5. Western Forces to Blame for Rising Violence: Karzai; 6. Vietnam Sets Nuclear Pace in Southeast Asia; 7. Australia's Security and Prosperity in a Rapidly Changing Region and World.

APSNet 2 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-06-01 23:34

1. Cessation of ADF Operations in Southern Iraq; 2. Australia Joins Allies in Bid to Ban Cluster Bombs; 3. Indonesian Bid to End Emissions Stand-Off; 4. As Papua New Guinea Pushes for Payments for Forest Conservation, New Analysis Says Nation May Be Running Out of Forests to Protect; 5. Elders Want Answers over Nuclear Waste Dump Location; 6. Labor Softens on Uranium Sales to India; 7. Closing the Gap: Building Capacity in Pacific Fisheries Governance and Institutions.

APSNet 29 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-28 22:26

1. US Ignored Canberra over Habib; 2. Australia Links Organised Crime to Illegal Fishing; 3. Some Truth in Indonesian Lion’s Tale; 4. Britain Favours Talking to Taliban; 5. Indonesia Pulls out of OPEC; 6. China's Domestic Nuclear Plans Damp Export Dreams.

APSNet 26 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-25 22:48

1. Australia Baulks at Cluster Bomb Ban; 2. Why the Gulf Matters: Crafting an Australian Security Policy for the Gulf; 3. UAV Tested For Patrols over Northern Waters; 4. Human Security Brief 2007; 5. LAPAN Successfully Launches Experimental Rocket; 6. NATO Cautions on Pakistan Militant Peace Deals; 7. Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands.

APSNet 22 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-21 22:57

1. Workers for All Seasons? Issues from New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program; 2. Diggers Launch Strike on Taliban in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province; 3. Taliban Crank up Recruiting Drive for Young Men in Afghan Villages; 4. Pacific Means Business and Bans High Seas Tuna Fishing: Greenpeace; 5. Papua New Guinea Border Officers Reliant on Indonesian Facilities; 6. Diet OK's Military Use of Space / Law Marks Shift Toward Space Strategy; 7. India to Part with Flu Data Only if It Gets Cheap Vaccines.

APSNet 19 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-18 22:48

1. Lack of Spending Drill Costs Us Dearly; 2. Australian Minister Touts Pacific Guest Worker Scheme; 3. Afghanistan: Lore and Peace; 4. Minister: Indonesian Military Focuses on Disasters; 5. East Timor Signs Military Pact; 6. The Philippines: Counter-Insurgency vs. Counter-Terrorism in Mindanao; 7. Agent Orange Cancer Inquiry;

APSNet 15 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-14 23:07

Facing Up to Our Responsibilities; Troops Home and a Refuge for Some; AusAid Meddling, Says Fiji; How Much Will the Joint Strike Fighter Cost Australia? UN on Defensive over Controversial E Timor Appointment; Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared; Briefing Note: Defence and Security Aspects of the Federal Budget 2008-2009.

APSNet 12 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-11 22:40

Inquiries into Abuse Claims by Taliban; Inquiry Findings into 2007 Incidents in Afghanistan; Sikua: RAMSI Should Stay in Solomons for Decade; Top Diplomat in Fiji Gets Death Threats; Pakistan Seeks Spy Planes from Australia; Greenpeace Calls for End of Trans-shipment at Sea; Will Australia Help North Korea?

APSNet 8 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-08 16:48

1. Defence Review to Drive down Costs; 2. ADF Capability Review: Australian Army; 3. Pentagon Considers Adding Forces in Afghanistan; 4. [Indonesia] Govt to Shoot Fish Poachers; 5. Taking a Punch: Building a More Resilient Australia; 6. Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Climate Change Victims; 7. [PNG] Northern Exposure; 8. NZ Undoes $1m Whale Case against Japan.

APSNet 5 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-04 22:15

1. Prisoners 'Handed to Torturers'; 2. Why Are Australian Troops in Afghanistan? 3. Rudd Seems to be Shying away from Necessary Battles over Defence; 4. Report: The limits of RAMSI; 5. Fretilin Poised as Gusmao Isolated; 6. Reporters 'Being Intimidated in Fiji'; 7. Illegal Fishing in TSI Threatens Sea Cucumbers: Burke; 8. Nautilus Australia Briefing Books - updated pages.

APSNet 1 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-30 22:56

1. Australia Acknowledges need for an Nuclear Weapons Convention; 2. UN Has Torture Questions for Rudd; 3. Military Planners Face Crunch Time; 4. Insurgents Take Troops by Sandstorm; 5. Sabre-Rattling Will Draw Near With Globalisation; 6. Timor Leste, Indonesia to Complete Border Issues; 7. The Cost of Crime in East Timor; 8. Policy Forum 08-05A: Elections in Tonga Re-Affirm Call for Change - Nic Maclellan.

APSNet 28 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-05-01 18:21

1. More Afghanistan Deaths Likely: Rudd; 2. Dutch Still Divided on Afghanistan Mission; 3. Australian Troops in Timor-Leste Return to Pre-11 February 2008 Levels; 4. Malaysia to Withdraw Peacekeepers from Mindanao; 5. Solomons PM Handed Honiara Riots Report; 6. Joint Strike Fighter RAAF's Choice; 7. Report to Be Tabled of Torture in Indonesia’s Restive Areas; 8. Nautilus Australia Briefing Books - updated pages.

APSNet 24 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-23 23:24

1. Shake Up of $100bn Defence Spend; 2. The New Defence White Paper: Why We Need It and What It Needs to Do; 3. Jakarta Backs Court's Decision to Outlaw Jemaah Islamiah; 4. The Peace Dividend; 5. Timor Border Hard to Patrol: Indonesia; 6. Alarm As E Timor Criminals Pardoned; 7. New Jobs Set for 2 Generals with Iraq Role; 8. First We Must Explore, then Exploit; 9. Indonesia and East Timor: Against Impunity, for Justice - Clinton Fernandes: Austral Policy Forum 08-04A.

APSNet 21 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-20 23:41

1. Repression Wins No Fans; 2. Pullout from Iraq Delayed; 3. Indonesia Arrests E Timor Rebels; 4. Assessing the Overall Security Situation in Afghanistan; 5. Playing the Power Game; 6. The Illegal Trade in Timber and Timber Products in the Asia-Pacific Region; 7. The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2003-2007.

APSNet 17 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-16 22:21

1. Aussie Oilers Chase Iraq Contracts; 2. NATO, Australia and the Future Partnership; 3. Sale to Timor Downplayed; 4. Australian State Supports ETimor Worker Plan; 5. AFP Releases Street Review; 6. Indonesia Arrests Two JI Members; 7. World's New Crisis: Soaring Food Prices.

APSNet 14 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:58

1. Defence Deal for Controversial Firm; 2. Defence White Paper Puts Business in the Front Line; 3. Canberra Mute as Timor Accused Walk Free; 4. Lift Your Game, PM Tells Pakistan; 5. British, Russian Support May Not Save Ambitious Nuclear Power Club; 6. Navy Nets Biggest Illegal Fishing Haul; 7. Australia's Future in the World.

APSNet 10 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Nuclear Power in Southeast Asia: Implications for Australia and Non-Proliferation; 2. Australian Sanctuary for 100 Iraqis in Peril; 3. Rudd Confronts China on Human Rights; 4. Rudd's Opium Campaign 'Risks HIV Plague'; 5. UN Slams 'Basket-Case' Timorese Police Force; 6. West Papuan Leaders Meet in Vanuatu; 7. Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq; 8. Malaria, Floods, Malnutrition to Increase with Global Warming, WHO Says.

APSNet 7 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Apology after Raid on Enemy of Taliban; 2. PM Frustrated Over Lack of NATO Self-Scrutiny; 3. East Timor to Use Force Against Rebels - Army; 4. Jakarta Judges Clear Ex-Militia Leader over Timor Carnage; 5. Foreign NGOs Evacuated Over Protest; 6. Iraq Pullout Could Spark Genocide; 7. Trade Holds Trees to Ransom

APSNet 3 April 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Star Wars: the Next Episode; 2. Australia's Nuclear Dilemma: Dependence, Deterrence or Denial?; 3. Labor Resurrects Howard's Uranium Plan; 4. Australia Accused of Helping Spark Fiji Coup; 5. Rudd Backs Asia-Pacific Security Forum; 6. NATO Seeks to Rewrite Afghan Script; 7. Indonesia: Former East Timor Refugees Demand Govt Attention; 8. How Soon Can Donors Exit From Post-Conflict States?

APSNet 31 March 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Rudd Calls a Halt to Go-It-Alone; 2. Let's Open Our Doors and Be Neighbourly to the Island Nations; 3. Defence Beefs Up Ties with Jakarta; 4. Questionable Peace if Taliban are Part of It; 5. Defence Chief Urges Pressure on Pakistan; 6. Pacific Countries Involved in Military Exercise; 7. Aid Groups Suggest Timor Enforces Law; 8. Wisai Raid Leaves 4 Dead.

APSNet 27 March 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Defence Must Arm up for 'Asian Threat'; 2. Chinese Engagement is a Two-Way Street; 3. Promises, Promises: Worryingly, the Government's Cuts to the Defence Budget Came Without Warning; 4. No Extra Troops for Afghanistan, Minister Insists; 5. Indonesia to Build Two Naval Bases in East Nusa Tenggara; 6. Reinado 'Had Four Timor Targets'; 7. Afghanistan: Wrong Track on Opium.

APSNet 20 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. New Top Brass for Military; 2. Australian Role in Anti-Terrorism Drive; 3. ALP to Stick with Super Hornet Buy; 4. Australia and the South Pacific: Rising to the Challenge; 5. Gangster's Role Queried in Timor Attacks; 6. Rubin: Points on an Integrated Strategy for Afghanistan; 7. No Reason for Rudd to Take Japan Out of the Equation; 8. Bird Flu Situation in Indonesia Critical.

APSNet 17 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Rudd Urges China Restraint; 2. Australian Defense Minister Backs U.S.'s Afghanistan Timetable; 3. Downer Denied Indian Scientists Visas; 4. Harsh Spotlight on Timor Forces; 5. Philippines: US, Australian Agents to Grill 3 Suspected Terrorists; 6. UN Bid to Mend Fences with Canberra; 7. Climate Change May Spark Conflict with Russia, EU Told.

APSNet 13 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Audit Shoots Holes in F-35 Costings; 2. Afghan Heroin Hits Melbourne Streets; 3. Deal Struck With PNG on Carbon Trading; 4. Dutch See Civilians Role in Afghanistan; 5. 'Dum-Dum' Bullets Nearly Cost Ramos Horta His Life, but He Grieves for Attacker; 6. UN Resolution against Iran Was Illegal: Indonesian President; 7. Cut Off Gas Supplies to S'pore? Indonesia Denies Remark.

APSNet 6 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. $1.3b Helicopter Project Dumped; 2. Papua New Guinea Indicates it Would Welcome Australian Police on its Streets; 3. HIV Fears over PNG Border Breaches; 4. Indonesia Cancels Russian Arms Contract; 5. Cautionary Tale for Foreigners; 6. Afghanistan: Taliban Destroy Cell Towers.

APSNet 3 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Wildly Overpriced, Totally Unsuitable; 2. Australia to Fight Messy Wars: Expert; 3. Rudds $450m Pacific Islands Package; 4. Papua People’s Assembly Opposes Plans for New Province in its Region; 5. ADF to Fight Iraqi Lawsuit; 6. Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and the Good War; 7. Locals Reject Nuclear Project on Mount Muria.

APSNet 28 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. US to Sell Six F-16 Fighter Jets to Indonesia; 2. The Intelligence Reform Agenda: What Next? 3. Defence: Operating Budget Takes 5pc Cut; 4. NATO Confronts Surprisingly Fierce Taliban; 5. Taliban Threaten Mobile Phone Towers; 6. Indonesia: Nuclear Opponents Terrorised; 7. Timor Journo 'Beaten' by Police; 8. Drugs, Vice Mobsters Get Foothold in East Timor.

APSNet 25 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Solomons Exit a Step Closer; 2. Federal Officers to Assist Afghan Police; 3. Labor in Backflip on Missile Defence Shield; 4. Protesters Cleared for Entering Spy Base ; 5. Quadrilateral Dialogue.

APSNet 21 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

In Search of Smart Power; Australia Says Job is Done for Soldiers in Iraq; Defence Chief Concedes New Peril for Soldiers in Afghan Units; E Timor Military Pulls Out of Rebel Hunt: Commander; Indonesian Minister Accuses West of 'Exploiting' Bird Flu; No Light Touch for Heavy Industry: Garnaut; Austral Policy Forum 08-03A: Malaysia's Dilemma - David Martin Jones.

APSNet 18 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Australia 'Let Down' Timor; 2. Aussie Troops to Do More in Afghanistan; 3. Axe Falls on $1Bn Choppers; 4. Australia to Consider Seasonal Worker Plan; 5. World Wide Webs: Diasporas and the International System; 6. An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change; 7. Austral Policy Forum 08-02A: Major Alfredo Alves Reinado: Cycles of Torture, Pain, Violence - Sara Niner.

APSNet 14 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. PM's Defence Dilemma; 2. Searching for Australia's Role in Timor; 3. Australian Troops Criticised over Attacks; 4. Aust/US Military: Importance of Collaboration in Counter Terrorism; 5. Defeat a 'Real Possibility' in Afghanistan; 6. Iraq: When Should US Troops Leave? 7. Southeast Asia’s Looming Nuclear Power Industry.

APSNet 11 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. East Timor: Ramos-Horta Stable after Shooting; 2. Minister Delivers NATO Ultimatum; 3. Australia Set to Stay in Nuclear Club; 4. Thailand: Business Leaders Back Nuclear Energy; 5. French Polynesia: Nuclear Test Veterans Are Still Battling; 6. Chinook Detachment Returns to Afghanistan; 7. A Mission Impossible; 8. Policy Forum 08-1A: East Timor: The Crisis Beyond the Coup Attempt - Richard Tanter.

APSNet 7 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Japan Jittery Over Closer Ties between Australia and China; 2. Australia Condemns Taiwan UN Vote; 3. Aussies Outstay Their East Timor Welcome; 4. Minister to Deliver Warning to NATO; 5. Indonesia and Singapore’s Defense Cooperation Agreement Cancelled; 6. Tough TB Strain 'Could Reach Qld Shores'.

APSNet 4 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Timor-Leste: A State of Insecurity; 2. The Nation Builder; 3. RI Nuclear Plan Needs Further Study, Gus Dur; 4. In Iraq, Three Wars Engage U.S. - Shiite Extremists Pose Greatest Challenge, Military Officials Say; 5. Germany Rejects Southern Afghanistan Troop Request; 6. Keeping Our Heads below Water: Australia's Future Submarine; 7. Standing on Secret Ground.

APSNet 31 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Defence Chief Baulks at More Diggers for Afghanistan; 2. Billion Dollar Blowouts; 3. Solomons Mission 'Bogged for Years'; 4. Downer Discusses Suharto's Role in the Region; 5. Safeguarding Iraqi Oil a Vital Task; 6. Tortured in Thailand; 7. Indonesia's 100th Bird Flu Death Shows Disease Out of Control: Experts; 8. China, East Timor Sign Cooperation Accord

APSNet 24 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

1. Foreign Minister to Visit US and Japan; 2. Putting Diplomacy to the Test; 3. Whalers Refuse to Accept Injunction; 4. Muhammadiyah: Thai Govt Should Use Soft Power in Dealing with the South; 5. North Korea to Close its Embassy in Australia to Save Costs, Diplomat Says; 6. Indonesia's Ailing Suharto Eludes Court; 7. Further UN Support Crucial in Timor-Leste; 8. Climate Change: Marshalling Asia to Act

APSNet 21 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

Rudd to Shake Up National Security; Report Warns E Timor Could Relapse Into Unrest; Diggers 'Let Down' Dutch Allies in Deadly Battle with Taliban; Frontier Insurgency Spills into a Pakistani City; Brisbane - Australia's 'Counter-Terror Hub'; Labour Closes Door for Unskilled Workers; PNG: Moran Landowners Give Govt 48 Hours.

APSNet 17 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

People Smuggler Blocks to Continue, Says Minister; The 'War on Terror' Moves East; Solomons Wants Bigger Role in RAMSI; RI, China to Conduct Joint Military Training; Indonesia, Iran to Cooperate on Bird Flu, HIV/AIDS Research; Peace Hopes Fade in S Philippines; Aussie Jobs 'Could Aid' East Timorese;

APSNet 14 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-04-13 22:33

Australia to Review Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet Purchase; Iraq Pullout Talks Under Way; Deaths in Iraq; Australia Tracks Japan Whalers; Building a Real Rapport with Pacific Islanders; The Pakistan-Afghanistan Abyss; Japan PM Forces Naval Bill Approval.