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How much should Australians know about Papua New Guinea?

Ritchie, Jonathan 2013, How much should Australians know about Papua New Guinea?, Australian policy and history.


Title How much should Australians know about Papua New Guinea?
Author(s) Ritchie, Jonathan
Source title Australian policy and history
Publisher Australian policy and history network
Place of publication [Melbourne, Vic.]
Publication date 2013-08
Keyword(s) History
Papua New Guinea
International development
Summary In the last week Papua New Guinea (PNG) has received more exposure in the Australian media than it has for a very long time indeed. Ever since news of the ‘Regional Resettlement Arrangement Between Australia and Papua New Guinea’ agreement between Prime Ministers Rudd and O’Neill appeared on 19 July, discussion and criticism of the so-called ‘PNG Solution’ has been widespread on the internet, on television, radio, and even in the few newspapers still being published. Media outlets which negligently had let their regional coverage slip away – preferring to invest their remaining funds into reportage of last night’s Masterchef – are now scrambling to find copy from anyone with either opinions on the subject, but little knowledge, or some direct knowledge of PNG, alas in short supply.

The avalanche of reporting and commentary has masked the complexity of the issues involved here. On the one hand, we have Australia’s response to boat-borne visa-less immigrants: there is a whole universe of pain tied up in this, as any quick glance at the commentary will demonstrate. On the other, there is Australia and its place in the world and in the region: are we embarrassed to be Australians, or proud to be Aussies who ‘grew here’? And within the region, there is Papua New Guinea.

What can one learn from the reporting of PNG so far in 2013?
Language eng
Field of Research 210313 Pacific History (excl New Zealand and Maori)
160510 Public Policy
160607 International Relations
Socio Economic Objective 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
HERDC Research category M Media article
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30054844

Document type: Media Article
Collection: Alfred Deakin Research Institute
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