November 2021

“The Santa Cruz Massacre, Thirty Years On” Symposium

Today in my city… Mothers crying …their tears water the flowers that scatter on the gravestones of Santa Cruz Cemetery Their bodies have disappeared from our side But their names are imprinted in the heart of the Timorese People Egas Alves, “Today in my city,” 31 May 1995 On 12 November 1991, Indonesian soldiers shot […]

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Where is Asia in ‘Fortress Australia’?

For Australia’s neighbours in the Indo-Pacific region the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal announced late September signalled a firm pivot toward traditional Western allies. The strengthening of a narrative that positions China as a threat to Australia’s security is also bound to further alienate the inflow of Chinese students to Australian Universities. As Australia closes in

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