Vigil at St Paul’s Cathedral for West Papua’s application to join the MSG

On 15 May 2015, on the eve of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit in the Solomon Islands, the Revd Dr Andreas Loewe, Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne, joined Revd Heather Patacca and the FRWP Women’s Office in a sunset

Reviewing ‘The Incubus of Intervention: conflicting Indonesia strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles’ by Greg Poulgrain

Bishop Hilton Deakin, who is well known for his support of East Timor’s liberation from Indonesia, launched Greg Poulgrain’s new research ‘The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles’ at the Federal Republic of West Papua office in Docklands on 3 May 2015, and at Trades Hall on 15 May 2015 during an assembly of the Australian trade union movement to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Republic of West Papua. Bishop Hilton’s review is reproduced here in audio and transcript formats, along with photos from the launch at the Melanesian Spearhead Group Seminar in Honiara (Solomon Islands) on 15 June 2015.

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