Semi-Weekly Bulletin

The Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Semi-Weekly Bulletin covered critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region. Archives from 2005 until 2010.

APSNet, Semi-Weekly Bulletin

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 3, 2006

  1. Australia: Illegals to Be Held On Prison Hulk
  2. State of Emergency Declared in PNG Southern Highlands Province
  3. Defence Outlay Must Rise
  4. RMIT Wins Lucrative Defence Contract
  5. Australia Close to Surveillance Ability
  6. Fierce Fighting in S. Philippines
  7. Bomb Kills Three Thai Policemen
  8. EU May Extend Peace Mission in Aceh
  9. H5N1 Ravages Bali Chickens
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 31, 2006

  1. Troops Could Go to Lebanon
  2. Aping the US on Israel
  3. Diggers Start Timor Withdrawal in Weeks
  4. Canberra in Iraq Oil Grab Bid for BHP
  5. Guest Workers Here To Stay
  6. Unmanned Aircraft to Patrol NW Shelf
  7. Defence: Hey, Big Spender
  8. WHO: ‘Rapid Response’ Targets Bird Flu
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 27, 2006

  1. Lebanon: Australian Troops Ordered Out
  2. Afghanistan: 100 Diggers to Reinforce Mission
  3. East Timor: Lobato Retracts Admission He Armed Hit Squad
  4. East Timor: UN Efforts Amount to Castles in the Air
  5. Britain and UN Dance to the US Tune
  6. China Finds Fault over Treatment of Aborigines
  7. Distrustful, Unco-operative Canberra Goes Quiet in a Crisis
  8. Australia: Beazley Ditches Uranium Mine Ban
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 24, 2006

  1. Australia: Extra Troops to Face Afghan Anarchy
  2. US Bombers to Practise in NT
  3. Nelson: Army Needs Troops
  4. Military Acquisitions: Defence’s Discipline Problem
  5. Timor Back In Business
  6. Timor Teens Terrorise Camps of Displaced
  7. Eye on Iraq: Grim News
  8. North Korea: Embrace Tiger, Retreat to Mountain, Test Nuke
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 20, 2006

  1. Australian Defence Force (ADF) Personnel on Way to Beirut
  2. Townsville Troops Head Home from E Timor
  3. RAMSI: Solomons Forces Face ‘Growing Hostility’
  4. Uranium: Howard’s Nuke Challenge to Bush
  5. Strengthening Australia’s Maritime Security
  6. Damning Assessment of Tsunami Aid
  7. Escalating Middle-East Conflicts – The Markets and the Region React
  8. Briefing Notes: Lebanon-Israel Conflict
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 17, 2006

  1. Australian Troops Hand Over to Iraqi Control
  2. Papua: Security Job at Freeport Given to Police
  3. Afghanistan: No Longer Peacemakers
  4. Australia and Indonesia Remain the ‘Odd Couple’ of Southeast Asia
  5. Nuclear Threat: Securing the Bomb 2006
  6. The Papua Region Is the HIV Capital of Indonesia – But Why?
  7. Indonesia: Bird Flu-Free RI Not Likely Anytime Soon
  8. East Java: Santos at Centre of Toxic Mud Disaster
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 13, 2006

  1. Iraq: AWB Faces Writ over Racketeering Claim
  2. Defence Admits It Snubbed Iraqis
  3. Downer Resolved to Reduce Timor Force
  4. East Timor: Too Many Men with Too Many Guns
  5. Pacific: Guest Workers Are Already Here
  6. Solomon’s Central Bank Governor Warns of Economic Disaster
  7. Australia: Maritime Security and Illegal Fishing a National Disgrace
  8. Indian Test Further Highlights Australian Exposure
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 10, 2006

  1. East Timor: Guns Still Missing as PM Changes
  2. East Timor: The Story We Weren’t Told
  3. Troop Boost on Cards for Afghanistan
  4. China Wants Pyongyang Stronger, Not Weakened
  5. Burma Seeks Nuclear Weapons Alliance with N Korea
  6. Australia: PM Rules Out Nuclear Waste
  7. Australia: The Nuclear Option
  8. Environment: The Threat to the Planet
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 6, 2006

  1. Afghanistan: Troops Face Resurgent Taliban on Home Turf
  2. Australia, India to Strengthen Defence Links
  3. Australia: Troops Hit by Equipment ‘Stuff-Ups’
  4. North Korea: Yet Another Failure to Launch the Taepodong Missile
  5. Pirates Hit Two UN Ships in Malacca Strait
  6. Iraq and Vietnam: Different Battles, Different Response
  7. Why Trying to Appease Indonesia Doesn’t Work
  8. Regional Allies in the Fight against Bird Flu
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 3, 2006

  1. East Timor: Ramos Horta urges Australia to lead UN Force
  2. Aust-Indonesia Security Treaty: Beyond the Personal
  3. Australian Foreign Policy: Messy Times ahead for this Ragtag Empire
  4. Australia’s other War in Iraq
  5. Small Arms: Just what is doing all the Killing?
  6. North Korea: Nelson right to show Restraint
  7. PNG Declines to accommodate Papuan Asylum Seekers
  8. Afghanistan and its Future
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