West Papuans rally in Melbourne

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Updated September 29, 2009 16:59:30

A group of around 30 West Papuans and their Australian sympathisers held a colourful rally on the steps of Victoria's Parliament House in Australia. They were calling on the Australian Government to mediate a political settlement between the Indonesian government and the West Papuan Transitional Authority. West Papua has been a province of Indonesia since 1963, but the indigenous Melanesian population have been demanding self-determination.

Presenter: Kate McPherson
Speaker: Jacob Rumbiak, a West Papuan academic and former political prisoner; Greg Barber, a Member of the Upper House of Victoria's Parliament representing the Green Party

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