More from Ben Bohane

The decision to send all boat people for processing and resettlement in PNG is a huge bluff - Rudd is calculating that asylum seekers will no longer want to come if they know that there is no hope for resettlement in Australia. It may stop the boats temporarily but is it likely to work long term?

PNG’s power struggle appears locked in political combat, with an old Sepik strongman trying to claw back power from a new generation Highlander who made a pre-emptive raid on parliamentary numbers to secure the riches of electoral incumbency.