Insular, comparatively isolated, unthreatened Australia has no legitimate reason to amass such an array of offensive, advanced weapons for use on land and sea and in the air.
Like Papua New Guinea, West Papua is rich in mineral and energy resources. The extracted billions in gold are shared between the Anglo-American oil giants, the Indonesian military and Indonesia’s elites at the expense of the people of West Papua.
The government of John Howard proposes to introduce a draconian anti-terror legislation, which enable police to arrest and detain without charge Australians of Muslim and Arab backgrounds.
