I commend all to read this article;

There’s gold in the Solomon Islands, but not for the people who live there

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What was the cost to Australia for RAMSI?, IMO having gone to such links to support the country( nobly), why did we let the country fall into disarray again?
The solomons are in our hood, and we've let them down, and at the same time allowed the chinese carpetbaggers a free kick.
And who do the solomons call, for help?
The fool abbott knifed out diplomat corp, and we a reaping the rewards of that.
Laughably , we've managed to diss another major player in the pacific, the french , who have joined up with our nearest biggest population Indonesia.
You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

Raider