PATRICK O’Conner really knows how to produce a tirade of anti-Australian dribble, whilst ignoring the facts.
Julian Moti is an Australian and as we in Australia truly do have an independent judiciary he should have submitted to Australia’s justice system and let evidence or lack of evidence determine his fate.
This issue is not about Ramsi.
Moti was in flight from Australian legal authorities and facing serious charges, members of the PNG Government and its agencies then assisted his escape. They should hang their heads in shame.
This is more about Sir Michael Somare taking his shoes off than any Melanesian brotherhood garbage.
O’Conner should have spoken to Moti’s alleged victim before denouncing her as perpetrating the “jumped up child sex charges”.
O’Conner is just a whinging anti-Australian who thinks a nice writing style will cover up his pathetic bias.
I did not hear him mention “neo-colonialism” whilst Australian defence personnel were making the only substantial contribution in Oro during the disaster.
Australia and PNG are neighbours with close historical ties.
We are in the Pacific together and together over the next century we are going to face substantial pressure from countries with hugely out of control populations that will not want what is in the best interest of Papua New Guineans and Australians alike.
That is a fair and equal system of government that delivers a good and improving standard of living and opportunity.
We live next to each other, we have to be good neighbours.
Let us focus on the true colonial persecutor of Melanesian people, Indonesia.

Mark R. O’Brien
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