Archive for the ‘Indonesia & West Papua’ Category.
July 14, 2010, 11:35 am
In September 1999 the Howard government initiated a military intervention in East Timor as the province was emerging from under Indonesian occupation.
Sam Pietsch is the author of a PhD on Australia’s military intervention in East Timor. An article based on his research recently appeared in Marxist Interventions.
Back Story spoke to Sam about the political background of the intervention and the way in which it characterised a new direction in Australian foreign policy.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 14th of July.
August 3, 2008, 3:17 am
Recently the East Timorese/Indonesian Truth & Friendship Commission released its report on the human rights violations in 1999 in East Timor during the run-up to the independence referendum. What does this report reveal? What was Australia’s role in the 1999 violence?
Julia Terreu spoke to Bruce Haigh, who is a retired Australian diplomat and the author of the books The Great Australian Blight and Pillars Of Fear.
June 1, 2008, 4:04 am
Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of the African palm oil tree (Elaeis guineensis). It is an ingredient in many products and can be used as a feedstock for biofuel. However, in South East Asia, to make way for palm oil plantations, rainforests are being cleared and indigenous people are being forcibly evicted from their lands. Also, toxic, pollutive pesticides are used on the palm oil crops. We spoke to Martin Pritchard from Palm Oil Action Group and Friends Of The Earth.
February 3, 2008, 9:47 am
On the 27th January, former President of Indonesia, Suharto, passed away. We spoke with Professor Tim Lindsey, Director of the Asian Law Centre & Associate Dean (International) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne, about the Suharto legacy.
