AUST: Policy must help Pacific nations from failing

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Updated May 22, 2007 11:15:22

Australia's Defence Minister says Australian policy must help save South Pacific nations from becoming failed states. Dr Brendan Nelson says Australia must respond to what's defined as the "arc of instability" running from East Timor into the Southwest Pacific. He's told the Liberal Party think tank, the Menzies Research Centre, that Australia must keep a watchful eye on the stability of Papua New Guinea.

Presenter: Graeme Dobell
Speakers: Brendan Nelson, Australia's Defence Minister,

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