Philip S, My original post was about Australian aid to our Pacific neighbors. All your posting is nothing more than your "justification" for opposing this aid on the ground of selfishness and greed, your selfishness, your greed. Your not alone, lots of Australians agree with you. If you have any real evidence for what you claim in regards to aid to our Pacific neighbors, please present it. Otherwise take your own advice "Please activate brain before applying fingers to keyboard to save future embarrassment." Your attitude based on your minds eye machinations ts truly pathetic.
"Large proportions of foreign aid (Australian) goes to corrupt officials." evidence please, or is it as I said, your minds eye machinations.
p/s I'm sure I'll wait a long time for the "evidence".

See:
"ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific

FIGHTING BRIBERY IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Proceedings of the 7th Regional Seminar on
making international anti-corruption standards operational

Held in Bali, Indonesia, 5–7 November 2007, and hosted by the
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Indonesia

Asian Development Bank
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development"

If there were no corruption this seminar might not have been held and one would need to be naive indeed to think that aid monies would not be involved.

Ref.http://www.oecd.org/site/adboecdanti-corruptioninitiative/40838411.pdf

Is Mise,
Come to think of it how far did the freedom flottilla go last month ? Those papuans where quite content with sacrificing those ignorant young people who believed they were supporting a noble cause.

It's all on Google at </www.google.com.au/#q=papua+freedom+flotilla>

Paul1405 - You just do not want to accept the truth about corruption.

Try reading Is Mise from above.

I have been traveling around Asia for years and have seen the houses etc of the so called NGO's that administer the aid, also what they actually do and seen what some actually do.

Japan even had to go to the point of sending there own people to one country to oversee building of a bridge because the money from other projects disappeared.

Re quoting my quote to you in reply is out of context in this instance which further shows you do not on occasions think before posting.

To quote you "If you have any real evidence for what you claim in regards to aid to our Pacific neighbors, please present it. Otherwise take your own advice" I will not waste time rewording it for you but if you think long enough you should be able to see where you went wrong.

Is Mise,
I can't find anything about the flotilla after it left Thursday Island for Merauke. I was told they turned around at Thursday Island. What did actually eventuate with the boats ?