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Our closest neighbour on the brink of being a 'failed state' after deeply flawed national elections : Comments

By Jeffrey Wall, published 22/7/2022

China has an obvious interest in political instability and a lack of confidence in leaders among the people of PNG.

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When run by Australians, PNG made Australia a profit. Now under black leadership, not only is it dependent upon Australia, it is a failed state.

Makes you wonder why colonialism had such a bad name?
Posted by LEGO, Friday, 22 July 2022 8:14:50 AM
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Not sure how PNG can be a "normally robust democracy" when there have been "flaws" in the system for 47 years; rolls not updated; ballot boxes destroyed; candidates killed.

We are having something primitive and lawless described to us here.

"Sadly, there is very little if anything Australia can do about it." Yes. So leave it alone. Get some suitable missiles pointed at it in preparation for when it falls to Communist China. It's a bit late to stick pins into an effigy of Gough Whitlam, who decided that PNG was good to go it alone.
Posted by ttbn, Friday, 22 July 2022 9:13:25 AM
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Ha Ha, voting with a bullet at work. The positive side of voting with a gun barrel is the outcome for the voting class is closer to the realism of voting intentions.

Dan
Posted by diver dan, Friday, 22 July 2022 9:31:29 AM
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Another Ha Ha.

Poor timid Lego:

*…Makes you wonder why colonialism had such a bad name?…*

Yes, and there were always handsome profits to be made from a flourishing slave trade in blacks and the other assortment of losers.

Dan.
Posted by diver dan, Friday, 22 July 2022 9:47:07 AM
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This is what happens when a primitive stone age culture is given its head!

In danger of becoming a failed state? I think that there is no danger there given this is already the reality and shared with every cargo cult (failed state) in the Pacific?

I agree with ttbn and believe our best response to this, voting with a bullet, election is to get some nuclear missiles and aim them at PNG. Given, they soon will be another Chinese possession? That this is a very real possibility means, we absolutely must have a robust manufacturing sector!

Clearly, this is what we must have to support us in any future conflict!

[Can't happen and to us, is something the Ukraine used to believe!]

To ensure this is how we proceed, we need to transition away from hugely expensive coal and to 1 cent PKWH MSR thorium.

And not going to happen, given we will never be given permission by our real political masters! Our parliaments are mostly just theatres for hacks and not places of bold decisive vision. And places that progressively remove our rights! Not sure we'd be much worse off as the southern most state of imperial china?

Suggest we all learn Mandarin and kowtow butt licking?
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Friday, 22 July 2022 10:22:02 AM
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Alan, can you PM me please.
David
Posted by VK3AUU, Friday, 22 July 2022 10:32:02 AM
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