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  • n  a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
  • n  any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
  • a  of or relating to Papua or its people or language
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  • Bob Brown in The Age
    The government has sent Australian troops to the other side of the world to defend freedom and democracy but is turning its back on our Papuan neighbours,Senator Brown said.
  • Kerry Nettle in The Age
    The new Indonesian ambassador's assurances about the safety of ...... Papuan refugees if they are returned to Indonesia are not credible,Senator Nettle said. "The escalating repression of the independence movement and generalised...
  • Hassan Wirajuda in Sunday Times.au
    We do appreciate the fact that Australia has considered our sensitivity in regard to the issue of (visas) being granted ...... for Indonesians of Papuan origin,Mr Wirajuda said on ABC radio. "By adopting a kind of Pacific solution, it...

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