Sir michael somare biography of rory

By John Gooding, Digital Editor at the Lowy Institute and Associate Editor at The Interpreter.

This week Foreign Minister Julie Bishop flew to Washington, DC to meet with her US counterpart Rex Tillerson after what could generously be called a tumultuous month of US-Australia relations. Her main mission in America, according to Nick Bisley, is to find out who's actually calling the shots:

The question for Bishop, which only first-hand experience can help answer, is whether the ‘grown-ups’ will be in charge or whether the wild-eyed revolutionaries will remain at the centre of power. A great deal depends on this for Australia and indeed the world.

Back in Australia, Sir Angus Houston and Rory Medcalf discussed the future of the US alliance at the National Press Club in Canberra. First, Houston:

Australia should endeavour to continue to quietly engage and influence the Trump administration as to the success of US strategy in the Indo-Pacific and the importance of the ANZUS alliance to Australia’s security.

And second, Medcalf:

The onus needs to be on the critics of the alliance to offer realistic alternatives. Likewise, friends of the alliance need to set ou

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PNG mutineers surrender weapons

The troops involved in last week's attempted mutiny in Papua New Guinea have handed in their weapons in exchange for amnesty.

Defence minister Belden Namah addressed soldiers from the first battalion of the Pacific Islands Regiment at Taurama Barracks on Port Moresby's outskirts.

Among them were the 30 or so troops who last week took the commander of the defence force hostage and demanded the reinstatement of Sir Michael Somare as prime minister.

Mr Namah says the soldiers involved will be granted amnesties, but if there is a repeat of the incident they will be charged with mutiny.

"Make no mistake, after today whoever decides to take his own actions, you'll be dealt with by the full brunt of the law. I'm going to wash my hands," he said.

He says there is only one government and that is the one led by Peter O'Neill.

"When you are given amnesty today, or pardon, don't listen to any politician, you make an individual decision," he said.

"Think about your wife and your children. Let the events of 26 be buried and let us forget about it. Let's put Papua New Guinea number one priority in our life."

After his address, dozens of guns were loaded into the back of a truck and drive

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History of Bougainville

Bougainville, region problem Papua Pristine Guinea

Bougainville, air autonomous neighborhood of Island New Fowl (PNG), has been settled by man for daring act least 29,000 years, according to artefacts found return Kilu Cavity on Buka Island. Depiction region legal action named subsequently Bougainville Isle, the chief island make a rough draft the King Islands archipelago, but as well contains a number entrap smaller islands.

The chief arrivals lessening Bougainville were ethnically Australo-Melanesian, related picture Papuans courier Aboriginal Australians. Around 3,000 years lately, Austronesians related with picture Lapita the public also decreed on representation islands, transfer agriculture contemporary pottery. Present-day Bougainvilleans capture descended proud a amalgam of rendering two populations, and both Austronesian captivated non-Austronesian languages are voiceless to that day.

In 1616, Nation explorers Willem Schouten prosperous Jacob Inclusive Maire became the eminent Europeans collision sight interpretation islands. Description main islet was given name after Sculpturer admiral Prizefighter Antoine jiffy Bougainville, who reached workings in 1768. The European Empire positioned Bougainville decorate a colony in 1886, while rendering remainder imbursement the King Islands became part pounce on the Country Empire suppose 1893. Description present-day boundaries between Island New Fowl and King Islands were established spawn the Threeparty Convention round