Wantoks, this is an interesting article. There could have been restrain from both sides but now has implication with the relationships of the two nations two months on.
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Australia’s Moti stance a diplomatic blunder, says academic
Posted at 04:06 on 15 May, 2007 UTC

A political scientist says Australia has worsened its diplomatic relations with its Pacific neighbours over the Julian Moti saga.

Mr Moti is wanted on a sex crime charge relating to his time in Vanuatu in 1997.

Last year, he evaded extradition from Papua New Guinea to Australia last October and is still wanted after fleeing to Solomon Islands.

Senior Research fellow with the Australia National University, Greg Fry, says Australia’s sudden political interest in Mr Moti after all this time has soured its relations somewhat with PNG, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

And he says the Solomon Islands prime minister’s nomination of Mr Moti as Attorney General is a matter for the Solomon Islands to determine.

Mr Fry says he believes any resolution to the matter will require a change of government.

“I really think in this case that Australia has made a terrible diplomatic blunder in using a legal matter for political purposes. And if this wasn’t exactly the case, then it certainly looked like it was, I mean the way the foreign minister came into this debate, it’s going to take a while to come back, with the Papua New Guinea prime minister and the Solomon Islands prime minister. And it probably will not be resolved with those or while Mr Downer and Mr. Howard are in power.

Senior Research fellow with Australian National University, Greg Fry.

Liklik tingting blo me, if you have read the article by P.Teinten. The business community is business as usual. It maybe sometime that political wounds heal up. Also check the annual ANZ financial outlook. Seems like good stuff there coming up about the PNG economy.