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JAMES COGAN The Australian reported in its weekend edition that military strategists drew up detailed plans for the invasion of the island-states of Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) as part of the Labor government’s 2009 Defence White Paper. The plans were part of a “top-secret Force Structure Review and analytic documents supporting it—which were prepared in conjunction with the white paper—and were presented to the National Security Committee of cabinet for consideration.” The Australian had previously revealed that the 2009 White Paper also contained a “secret chapter” dealing with how the Australian military would assist American forces impose a naval blockade on Chinese trade in the event of a US-Sino war and assessed the prospect of retaliatory Chinese missile strikes on Australian territory. (See: “New book confirms US-Australia plans for war on China”) The military preparations for the small Pacific Island countries of PNG and Fiji stem from their economic and strategic importan

JAMES COGAN The Australian reported in its weekend edition that military strategists drew up detailed plans for the invasion of the island-states of Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) as part of the Labor government’s 2009 Defence White Paper. The plans were part of a “top-secret Force Structure Review and analytic documents supporting it—which were prepared in conjunction with the white paper—and were presented to the National Security Committee of cabinet for consideration.” The Australian had previously revealed that the 2009 White Paper also contained a “secret chapter” dealing with how the Australian military would assist American forces impose a naval blockade on Chinese trade in the event of a US-Sino war and assessed the prospect of retaliatory Chinese missile strikes on Australian territory. (See: “New book confirms US-Australia plans for war on China”) The military preparations for the small Pacific Island countries of PNG and Fiji stem from their economic and strategic i

  LISTEN HERE Australia's Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, has committed a future Coalition government to easing up visa restrictions on Papua New Guineans wanting to visit Australia. Seen from Papua New Guinea the current tough requirements are regarded as racist. And as our Pacific correspondent, Sean Dorney, reports Julie Bishop's pledge to do something about it was warmly greeted at a recent annual PNG business forum. SEAN DORNEY: Papua New Guinea's high commissioner to Australia, Charles Lepani, recently described as galling the treatment of Papua New Guineans wanting to get visas to Australia. The issue came up again and again at the just completed Australia/PNG Business Forum. Aware that it would, Australia's Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, in her keynote address made a promise. JULIE BISHOP: If we are honoured to be the next government of this country I most certainly commit to ensuring that we can free up the v

  LISTEN HERE Australia's Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, has committed a future Coalition government to easing up visa restrictions on Papua New Guineans wanting to visit Australia. Seen from Papua New Guinea the current tough requirements are regarded as racist. And as our Pacific correspondent, Sean Dorney, reports Julie Bishop's pledge to do something about it was warmly greeted at a recent annual PNG business forum. SEAN DORNEY: Papua New Guinea's high commissioner to Australia, Charles Lepani, recently described as galling the treatment of Papua New Guineans wanting to get visas to Australia. The issue came up again and again at the just completed Australia/PNG Business Forum. Aware that it would, Australia's Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, in her keynote address made a promise. JULIE BISHOP: If we are honoured to be the next government of this country I most certainly commit to ensuring that we can free up the

Is it possible that drug-resistant TB is spreading from PNG’s Western Province into Australia? The answer according to a  Queensland Health Department spokesman is “Yes. We have not seen a case yet in an Australian resident of the Torres Strait, but the likelihood is that the disease is there, lying dormant in people who still look healthy, and will show up in the next two or three years,” the spokesman said. “ PNG has not been able to cope with the TB problem and for this reason we have helped as much as possible,” this spokesman continued. “ We have been running clinics for Papua New Guinean TB-sufferers on Boigu and Saibai Islands  for some years now, and funds have just been provided to PNG to take up this work themselves.” Papua New Guinea once maintained an active TB Control Unit with teams operating throughout the nation, but this activity ceased many years ago, and treatment for TB sufferers, like medical treatment in general, is hit-and-miss at best, as frequently reported in

Is it possible that drug-resistant TB is spreading from PNG’s Western Province into Australia? The answer according to a  Queensland Health Department spokesman is “Yes. We have not seen a case yet in an Australian resident of the Torres Strait, but the likelihood is that the disease is there, lying dormant in people who still look healthy, and will show up in the next two or three years,” the spokesman said. “ PNG has not been able to cope with the TB problem and for this reason we have helped as much as possible,” this spokesman continued. “ We have been running clinics for Papua New Guinean TB-sufferers on Boigu and Saibai Islands  for some years now, and funds have just been provided to PNG to take up this work themselves.” Papua New Guinea once maintained an active TB Control Unit with teams operating throughout the nation, but this activity ceased many years ago, and treatment for TB sufferers, like medical treatment in general, is hit-and-miss at best, as frequently reported i

Unlike ordinary Acts of Parliament where sometimes layman will find it hard to read and appreciate the true meaning and purpose of a particular law because of the way the legal draftsman has styled the wording in legal lingo, anyone can read the Mama Lo and find it quite easy to understand. It is written in PLAIN, SIMPLE, UNAMBIGUOUS, ORDINARY and CLEAR English Language that even a primary school student with good understanding of English will understand what it is saying. The CONSTITUTION is a document that is written for EVERYONE, persons of all walks of life, it is not just for the lawyers and judges but for every man on the street and in the villages. It is therefore so DAMN CONFUSING and IRRITATING when so-called lawyers can DELIBERATELY AND CALLOUSLY MISREAD, MISCONSTRUE, MISINTERPRET AND MISAPPLY the Constitution section 142 (2) simply to derail the AUTHORITY and SUPREMACY of the Constitution so that they can instil and promote their own and that of their cohorts (in the guise o