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The good, the bad and the ugly

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The Beatles, the pin up boys of the social revolution that occurred in the 1960’s and ’70s (of which PNG independence was a beneficiary), sang: Revolution: But when you talk about destruction Don’t you know that you can count me out You say you got a real solution Well, you know We’d all love to see the plan [more sarcasm] But if you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell you is brother you have to wait You know it’s going to be alright… …but for PNG, is it, asks PNG Echo? The Beatles could Continue reading The good, the bad and the ugly→

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Manus Island: What did they expect?

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Much has been written on the plight of the asylum seekers on Manus Island but as dire as their plight is, there are other casualties of Australia’s callous politically motivated policy: the people of Manus Island. By PNG Echo To establish an Asylum Seeker Detention Centre with less than humane conditions on an island in a country with such profound problems that media commentators have referred to it, variably, as a ‘hell hole’ or a ‘failed state’…well, what was the Australian government thinking?  (Oh yes, the polls.)

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