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WSWS : News & Analysis : Australia & South Pacific
 
Papua New Guinea
     

17 April 2008
Papua New Guinea government signs $10 billion gas deal with US-Australian consortium

12 March 2008
Australian prime minister undertakes tactical shift in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

6 December 2007
Papua New Guinea flood leaves thousands homeless

24 October 2007
Canberra weighs up "regime change" in Papua New Guinea

18 August 2007
New Somare government formed in PNG despite Australian interference

31 July 2007
Somare set to win PNG election despite Canberra's smear campaign

6 July 2007
Threat of Australian intervention hangs over Papua New Guinea election

18 May 2007
Bush administration hosts meeting of Pacific Island governments

6 November 2006
Papua New Guinea government threatens sanctions against Canberra

24 October 2006
Canberra presses its agenda at Pacific Islands Forum

16 October 2006
Australian government steps up threats against PNG, Solomon Islands

11 July 2005
Papua New Guinea: Bougainville election sets stage for renewed tensions

4 June 2005
PNG court rules Australian police presence unconstitutional

22 April 2005
Australian government bullies PNG over airport security incident

12 August 2004
Free market blueprint for Australian intervention in PNG

7 June 2004
More tortured manoeuvres in Papua New Guinea parliament

14 April 2004
Australia-New Zealand colonial agenda dominates Pacific Islands Forum

14 April 2004
Standoff over deployment of Australian police to Papua New Guinea

23 December 2003
Australia's next neo-colonial intervention begins in Papua New Guinea

27 October 2003
Australian firms plunder Papua New Guinea

24 September 2003
Canberra blackmails Papua New Guinea into accepting Australian overseers

16 June 2003
Papua New Guinea liquidity crisis sees new calls for Australian intervention

6 May 2003
Papua New Guinea reacts angrily to call for direct Australian intervention

3 December 2002
Papua New Guinea slashes budget to provide corporate tax breaks

20 August 2002
Unstable government formed in Papua New Guinea

3 August 2002
Papua New Guinea narrowly averts constitutional crisis following "blighted election"

8 July 2002
Papua New Guinea election plagued by corruption, violence and a lack of funds

7 June 2002
Calls for state of emergency in Papua New Guinea elections

4 June 2002
Papua New Guinea faces an HIV/AIDS epidemic

15 April 2002
Papua New Guinea adopts Bougainville peace package

9 April 2002
Australian mining giant leaves environmental disaster in Papua New Guinea

11 February 2002
Papua New Guinea government offers free education in election bid

15 October 2001
Eye-witnesses confirm that police killed Papua New Guinea students

18 September 2001
Bougainville autonomy deal remains fragile

1 August 2001
Papua New Guinea government vows to continue IMF program

29 June 2001
Papua New Guinea government under siege after police kill three protesters

23 May 2001
Papua New Guinea government obtains shaky weapons disposal pact in Bougainville

27 March 2001
Australian-sponsored Bougainville settlement breaks down

22 March 2001
Week-long military revolt shakes Papua New Guinea government

8 March 2001
BP responsible for Papua New Guinea kerosene explosions

26 February 2001
Papua New Guinea government overturns minimum pay rise

7 February 2001
Australia pushes Papua New Guinea to accept Bougainville secession vote

23 January 2001
Bougainville autonomy talks to resume

15 November 2000
Bill to stabilise parliament delayed
Papua New Guinea prime minister staves off leadership challenge

17 October 2000
Signs of disintegration in Papua New Guinea security forces

27 September 2000
Papua New Guinea government seeks tight control over political parties

6 September 2000
PNG superannuation fund collapse robs workers of retirement benefits

7 July 2000
Papua New Guinea fast money schemes: a financial house of cards collapses

28 March 2000
Cyanide spill endangers villagers in Papua New Guinea

21 March 2000
Papua New Guinea ministers sacked as Australia applies pressure for economic restructuring

11 January 2000
Papua New Guinea budget targets public sector workers

23 October 1999
University of Papua New Guinea shuts early after student protests over fee rises

16 October 1999
Papua New Guinea government rules out independence for Bougainville

22 September 1999
AIDS crisis in Papua New Guinea

14 September 1999
Ok Tedi mine closure--BHP and PNG government in conflict

27 August 1999
As Papua New Guinea government prepares to privatise
Air Niugini sacks engineers

19 August 1999
New PNG government implements IMF's economic restructuring demands

17 July 1999
Bankers' man installed as PNG Prime Minister

12 July 1999
PNG Prime Minister resigns after Australian intervention

29 June 1999
Papua New Guinea government likely to fall

11 March 1999
Papua New Guinea in legal battle with mercenary outfit

5 December 1998
PNG unions scuttle national strike

28 November 1998
Eye-witness account of West Papua massacre: "People were shot, bleeding and lying on the ground"

20 November 1998
Savage spending cuts in Papua New Guinea budget

Massacre in West Papua
A first-hand account

5 November 1998
Mercenary scandal continues to plague Papua New Guinea government

25 July 1998
Lack of resources compounds Papua New Guinea tragedy

Background to PNG disaster: the legacy of colonial domination

22 July 1998
Up to 6,000 killed by PNG tidal wave

8 May 1998
Australian troops deployed on South Pacific island
Ceasefire signed in nine-year Bougainville war

17 December 1997
Australian connection in PNG corruption scandal

4 August 1997
Unstable coalition installed in PNG

April 28 1997
PNG: behind the Sandline mercenary affair

4 April 1997
PNG: a social volcano begins to erupt

21 March 1997
Australia implicated in PNG crisis

 

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