2008

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

APSNet 4 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-09-07 21:07

Diggers Locked into Bitter Conflict with No Boundaries; Australian Defence Budget Surges to World's 13th Largest; Putin's Ultimatum to Rudd; Dili Investigator Called to Canberra as Evidence of Execution Mounts; The Maritime Self-Defence Force Mission in the Indian Ocean: Afghanistan, NATO and Japan's Political Impasse; Secret Memo Outlines U.S. Restrictions on Nuclear Deal with India; There's a Storm Bigger than Terrorism and Only We Can Save Ourselves; People Trafficking: an Update on Australia's Response.

APSNet 1 September 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 2008-08-31 21:54

1. Top-Level Shake-Up to Bolster National Security; 2. Diggers Repel Taliban Attacks while Building Bridges in Record Time; 3. Soldiers Cleared of Beating Claim; 4. ADF Capability Review: C4ISR (EW); 5. Afghanistan: On the Cliff-Edge; Policy Forum: Satellites, Citizens and Secrets: R v Law & Others - Russell Goldflam

APSNet 28 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-27 22:51

1. New Army Chief Flags Shake-Up to Fight Modern War; 2. 'Too Few' Troops Confront Taliban; 3. Afghan Government Obliges NATO to Get Clearance for Air Strikes; 4. Public Opinion in Australia towards Defence, Security and Terrorism; 5. Greenhouse Cops Needed On Planetary Beat; 6. ASEAN Agrees Region to Have Nuclear Power Plants; 7. Pakistan’s Political Turmoil: Musharraf and Beyond; 8. China Civil Society Report: Mass Incidents in China.

APSNet 25 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-24 21:59

1. UN Report says Timor at Human Rights Crossroads; 2. Rudd Remains Firm on E Timor Guest Workers; 3. Guest Worker Policy to Spread to East Timor; 4. Menace of the Growing Red Fleet; 5. Debating China's Future; 6. Can I Say, Kevin, it's not your Best Shot; 7. Asia Could See Growing WMD Threat, Expert Warns; 8. Our Turn to be Heard on Arms Spending.

APSNet 21 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-20 22:47

1. Seasonal Workers for Australia; 2. Pacific Forum Warns Fiji of Suspension; 3. Science Doesn't Back Ramos Horta Story; 4. Diggers Play Role in Taliban Leader's Death; 5. Securing Australia's Maritime Domain; 6. Philippine Peace Process in Disarray.

APSNet 18 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-17 21:57

1. Schemes to Import Seasonal Workers Labour under a History of Exploitation; 2. Philippines: Displaced Villagers in Mindanao Begin to Return Home; 3. British Troops Will Be Pulled Out of Iraq 'by May'; 4. Questions Linger about India's Safeguards; 5. Minister of Research and Technology: Nuclear Power Plant to be Built on the Banten Coast; 6. Nursing a Nuclear Test Hangover; 7. Indonesia Linked to Teacher Deaths.

APSNet 14 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-13 22:26

1. Free Trade Talks to Start With South Korea; 2. Singapore, Australia Ink Defense Cooperation Pact; 3. Smith Throws down Trade Gauntlet; 4. Autopsy Doubt on East Timor Rebel Alfredo Reinado; 5. Rice and Circus in East Timor; 6. 'Sovereignty' that Risks Global Health; 7. Policy Forum: Australia and South Korea: New Governments…New Opportunities?

APSNet 11 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-10 22:48

1. Papuans Want to Return: Jakarta; 2. Taliban Linchpin Taken Out; 3. Taliban Attacks Rise in Region where Diggers Based; 4. Report Highlights Problems with Timor Police; 5. Nelson under Fire on Army Truck Bungle; 6. Great Deal at Stake in Rudd's Seoul Visit; 7. Government Takes Hard Line against Torture; 8. Trafficking: the First Breakthrough; Policy Forum: The Human Rights Olympics: Beijing 2008 and China’s Security Dilemma.

APSNet 7 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-06 22:35

1. Clutches of a Dictatorship; 2. Indonesian Meeting Focuses On Border Security Enhancement; 3. Gangster Nets Key Dili Project; 4. Chinese Nuclear Forces 2008; 5. US Official Says Malaysia Ready for Nuclear Energy; 6. Charter Will End Ethnic Dominance; 7. Indonesia Ignoring Cholera Outbreak; 8. Fertile Ground for Population Panic.

APSNet 4 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-08-03 23:06

1. Canberra Approves US-India Nuke Pact; 2. This Is Our War: Pakistan Unlikely to Accept Advisers; 3. Rudd's Subtle Israel Shift; 4. Work Lifeline for East Timor; 5. Darwin Beats Timor for LNG Plant; 6. Blame Shifts off Indonesia for Trashing our Shores; 7. Britain Admits Dangers of 1950s Nuclear Tests; 8. Senate Committee Recommends White Paper on Peacekeeping.

APSNet 31 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-31 18:56

1. Haneef Was Not a Threat: ASIO; 2. Detention Rules Change Welcomed; 3. On Al Qaeda, Good News and Bad News; 4. Torres Strait Islanders Welcome NT Coast Rights Ruling; 5. Iran Backs Rudd's Plan to End Spread of Nuclear Weapons; 6. Iran, Indonesia Keen to Expand Ties; 7. So What? Matching Policy to Australian Interests in West Asia.

APSNet 28 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-27 23:07

1. Soldier's Rescue Not Botched: ADF; 2. Private Contractors' Role in Afghanistan to Grow with Awarding of Latest Contracts; 3. Civil Discontent Growing over Alleged PNG Corruption; 4. Solomons Parliament Passes RAMSI Review Motion; 5. Pakistan: Nuke Deal to Spark Arms Race; 6. Is the ASEAN Charter Necessary? 7. The South China Sea Hydra.

APSNet 24 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-23 22:36

1. Blow to Rudd's Asia Plan; 2. Offer to Help Fight Terror in Pakistan; 3. Rules Protecting Civilians Hamper Airstrikes in Afghanistan, Military Says; 4. We're in Iraq for Long Haul: Labor; 5. Iran: The Threat; 6. Bribery Claims Cast Cloud over Nuclear 'Yes' Vote; 7. Interview - Indonesia Millers Fret over Australia Wheat Supply.

APSNet 21 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 2008-07-23 22:46

1. Police in Raids over E Timor Shootings; 2. Australia and United States Defence Satellite Communications Cooperation at Geraldton; 3. Stifling Soldiers of Spin; 4. US Looks to Boost Troop Numbers; 5. Japan: Govt Drops Plan to Send SDF Troops to Afghanistan; 6. Coalition Warships Seize 30 Tonnes of Afghan Drugs; 7. TNI Responsible For East Timor Mayhem: Chief.

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