Tag: Australian Federal Police
Pacific police chiefs open Australian base for regional rapid deployment force
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
Pacific police chiefs have formally opened the headquarters and training center for a new stand-by, mutual assistance force in Australia...
‘Lone Soldiers’ – new Australian IDF recruits due to arrive in...
Despite it being illegal in Australia to recruit soldiers for foreign armies, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) recruiters are hard at work enticing young...
Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in...
By Duncan Graham
An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year...
Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News
The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...
Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in...
Policy failure over the last eight years -- including a massive cut to the ABC’s international funding -- has weakened Australia’s voice in the...
‘Don’t interfere’, Solomon Islands police tell opposition leader
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has appealed to opposition leader Matthew Wale to "stop interfering" with police investigations...
