I agree Benjamin T. Jones has nailed it.. and I wish more PhD students had attended, I met so many wonderful historians.. but the opportunity to meet and hear about other PhD research was the highlight (apart from cornering Graeme Davidson for a whole night!!!)

Media business models struggle, rural communities missing out on local news, evenings filled with ⁦Sky News Australia⁩, Another reason to protect #ourABC ⁦ABC News⁩ insidestory.org.au/win-or-lose-fo…

An interesting and informative article; agree that Australian aid should support equality. On the other hand, I am uncomfortable that Australia continues to dictate how our aid is spent. This article is not necessarily arguing for this, but we should be mindful of neocolonialism!

Watched the first 2 episodes of the ‘hot’ show of the moment.. & yes it invaded my sleep! Highly recommend the show but also the podcast. Excellent re: backstory and truth/fiction issues #twitterstorians

Terence Wood writes that the media is overstating how much aid China gives #PNG & the Pacific. "If Australia is to navigate a changing Pacific, its domestic conversations need to be driven by facts, not misunderstood data," he says asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2…

Passionate call from Danny Gonol against Bougainville Independence.. love his line ‘a nation of nations’

If you visit Port Moresby, you soon become aware of the profusion of private security forces in #PNG's national capital. Now Sinclair Dinnen & Grant Walton have written a fascinating piece on their growth & operations asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2…

Good luck... it will be BRILLIANT 💪

Excellent article, point 5 the big one (especially post-war). The Australian Administration needed to co-opt the support of Indigenous Papua New Guineans to maintain control of their colony.

Thinking exactly the same thing!!

Last night saw the outstanding #TheAustralianDream movie. Excellent production, and whilst I am firmly in the #AdamGoodes camp (including calling out a few ‘booing’ supporter friends at the time), however I commend the producers for trying to provide a balanced perspective.

“The new battle for Bougainville’s Panguna mine” lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete… via The Lowy Institute

I spend my days digging through 70 year old patrol reports, I really enjoy the Kiap reflections like this one from Chris Overland.