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Click on these links for details on CDI media contributions to debate and analysis of governance issues in the Asia-Pacific. |
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7 May | Now available online: Ben Reilly spoke to New Scientist magazine (US) about the political consequences of preferential voting in Australia and elsewhere. |
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20 March | CDI Director Ben Reilly joined other experts on Radio National's "Australia Talks" program to discuss democracy promotion and other key issues in the wake of the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. |
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22 April | CDI Director Ben Reilly was interviewed on ABC Radio's PM on the subject of labour migration from the South Pacific. |
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11 February | Ben Reilly spoke to Australian Associated Press about the political situation in Timor-Leste |
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18 April | CDI Director Ben Reilly was interviewed by Radio New Zealand on the problems and prospects of democracy in the developing world, including the South Pacific. |
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January | CDI Consultant Honoured in Australia Day Awards |
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December | PNG Press coverage of CDI's Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue held in Goroka. |
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22 June | Ben Reilly spoke to Agence France-Presse (AFP) about the 2007 national elections in Papua New Guinea. The resulting article appeared in the 29 June edition of The Age. |
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December | "Young Australian politicians ignorant of PNG" CDI Director Ben Reilly interviewed by The National in Goroka |
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10 May | Ben Reilly spoke to Radio New Zealand about Australia's international aid priorities as set out in the 2007 federal budget. |
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December | "Women play major role in peace process" Deputy Speaker of the Autonomous Bougainville Parliament Francesca Semoso interviewed by The National in Goroka at the CDI Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue |
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29 April | 'Akilisi Pohiva was interviewed by ABC TV's Asia-Pacific Focus about his 2007 CDI Annual Address topic, "The Quest for Democracy in Tonga". |
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November | CDI Director Ben Reilly was interviewed by IPS news on Australia's position in the Pacific: LINK |
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27 March | CDI Director Ben Reilly spoke to Associated Press and ABC Radio about the problems in East Timor and the history of preferential voting in Australia. |
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October | Ben Reilly was interviewed by the Washington Times about changing aid and security issues in the South Pacific. |
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7 February | Graeme Dobell Interviews Ben Reilly on his new publication which analyses Asian and Pacific political systems - Radio Australia |
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27 August | Article on CDI Policy Paper 2007/02 -'Concerns over slush funds high' - PNG Post Courier , Weekend Edition |
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2006 |
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December | Samoan TV and Newspaper coverage of CDI's 8th Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue in Samoa, 11-14 December in Apia. |
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11 September | Ben Reilly spoke to SBS Radio News about the prospects for democracy in Tonga following the death of King Taufa'ahau Tupou. |
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7 December | Ben Reilly spoke to Radio Australia about CDI's 8th Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue in Samoa, 11-14 December in Apia. |
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4 September: Ben Reilly interviewed on Australia Network TV on China, Taiwan, and the Pacific. |
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6 December | CDI Deputy Director, Quinton Clements, interviewed on Perth’s RTR FM 92.1 in relation to the military takeover in Fiji. |
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14 July: Personalities Over Policies - Political Parties in the Pacific, Roland Rich on ABC Radio - Asia Pacific |
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6 December | Ben Reilly wrote on the problems for democracy posed by military forces in the Pacific Islands, in the Wall Street Journal Asia. |
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7 July: East Timor - Fragile States, Ben Reilly on ABC Radio National |
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17 November | Ben Reilly spoke to Channel 7 TV, SBS, & ABC Drivetime Radio (Sydney) about pressures for a transition to democracy in Tonga following the November rioting in Nuku'alofa. Channel 7 interview was syndicated across Australia, and throughout the region on Sky News Australia - transcripts of these interviews yet to be posted as of 20 November. |
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21 April: Ben Reilly spoke to ABC Radio National about the importance of building strong political parties in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere in the South Pacific. |
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16 October | CDI Director Ben Reilly spoke to The World Today (ABC Radio) about Australia's relations with Papua New Guinea. |
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20 April: Michael Morgan: 'Peacemakers in Honiara: solution becomes part of the problem', Sydney Morning Herald. |
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6 October | CDI Director Ben Reilly was interviewed by Newsweek magazine about the consequences for Southeast Asian democracy following the coup in Thailand. |
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-Link currently unavailable - Ben Reilly interviewed for ABC TV on China's role in the South Pacific on the occassion of Premier Wen Jiabao's vist to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. |
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