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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Just as well the 'beer mat Mum' wasn't in West Papua

When you contrast it with the wall to wall coverage given to the Australian ‘beer mat Mum’ who ran into some brief, although no doubt very unsettling, trouble with the law in Thailand, it is extraordinary that the experiences of the five Australians who have been detained in Merauke, West Papua for nearly nine months [...]