The front cover of the May 1995 edition of Sunkamap (meaning Sunrise in Tok Pisin), a newsletter published by Australian Humanitarian Aid for Bougainville, an activist group created to raise awareness of the plight of Bougainvilleans, Australia's…
Terrence Gordon, the secretary of the Ship Painters’ and Dockers’ Union, responds to von Aerssen's complaints by explaining that future relations with Indonesia mattered more to Australians than did relations with the Dutch.
Baron von Aerssen, the Dutch Minister in Australia, warns of the deterioration of Dutch-Australia relations if the trade union 'black ban' on Dutch shipping to Indonesia continues.