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...opened local eyes to the shameful inadequacy of Honiara's politicians. The nominal Big Men who hop on and off the capital's political merry-go-round cannot deliver for their own communities nor for the nation as a whole. Unlike, for instance, a judge from Suva, a Canberra auditor, a Nuka'alofa constable or a Wellington diplomat-all the quiet, efficient public servants from around the region who have volunteered to help a troubled neighbor. When local M.P.s moan that they don't get credit for the progress that has been achieved, senior RAMSI members hold their tongues...
Frustration leads to overreaction. Patrick Cole, Australia's High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, was declared persona non grata by the government of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Sept. 12. Sogavare's charge was that Cole was interfering in local politics and too frequently consulting opposition politicians. Canberra had argued strongly against a proposed inquiry into this year's riots in Honiara. Two M.P.s aligned with the government are in jail facing charges relating to the violence, which razed Chinatown. According to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Cole's expulsion was outrageous; he smells a rat. "The real motive...
...over time, the idea that the price of Telstra shares was a political albatross, or that the regulators would rig the game to the company's advantage, has been put to rest. The world has changed?for Telstra and its competitors, investors and Canberra. Voters have wised up. Australians have now lived through a decent cycle of asset-market turbulence (even though gross domestic product has been expanding for 15 years). Says one government adviser: "House prices are the key to how Australian voters feel about their wealth. Full stop." Among existing homeowners, only those who bought late...
...vicissitudes of fashion. But the rest of Morley's 50-year career hasn't been so unapologetic, and it seems every few years the Hong Kong-born, English-trained and (for the past 35 years) Australian-based photographer is discovered anew. There have been retrospectives in London and Canberra, and an ongoing mission to measure the rest of Morley's oeuvre against this minx in the Modernist chair with the Mona Lisa smile.v...
...Strait Islander Comm-ission, that have been imposed from afar by governments," says school principal Len Boyle. "It's far better now that the money, and responsibility, is in the hands of local comm-unities." Independently run by an Aboriginal community board, the school draws on funding from Perth, Canberra and philanthropists. Indeed, filing grant applications is the heart of Boyle's toil...