Australians for a Free West Papua - Darwin

17/08/2026

16/08/2026

Historic IPWP meeting:
updating Australian Parliament on the current humanitarian crisis in West Papua

Tomorrow (17/08/2026), the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) - Australian chapter will hold its first meeting in Australia National parliament. This meeting is hosted by Senator David Shoebridge, the IPWP vice-chair for Australia and Member of Australian Greens.

This historic meeting will take place on the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples.

Members are invited to hear about the current situation in West Papua, more specifically the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

15/08/2026

64 years ago, on the15th of August in 1962 in the New York Agreement was signed handing over control of West Papua to Indonesia. Today Papuans and settler allies rise and protest across West Papua to mark this continuing injustice and ongoing colonial violence, risking their lives and incarceration and torture.
The story of the brutal military occupation of West Papua, the genocide, is another gruelling tale of capitalist imperialism and colonialism. You see there was one of the world’s largest gold deposits 4,100 metres above sea level in one of Papua’s most remote areas on the ancestral lands of the Aika Tribe. Historian Greg Poulgrain has hypothesised that JFK’s assassination is linked to the Rockefeller dynasty securing tenancy to mine this gold through the infamous CIA agent, Allen Dulles. They had kept concealed their discovery of the gold in the Papuan highlands since 1935, until in 1959, the New York Times published an article revealing the Dutch were searching for the mountain source of alluvial gold that had been washed into the Arafura Sea. This quickly moved after that and Indonesia invaded West Papua in 1961, after the Dutch left them with their independence. In 1970 the US owned Freeport McMoran officially opened the gold mine in 1973, still in operation today. 64 years on military forces are building up again under President Prabowo, a tyrant in the occupation of Timor Leste, to continue the exploitation of resources and dispossession of land. It is estimated up to 500,000 Papuans have been killed since the occupation, currently over 100,000 Papuans are internally displaced. All eyes on West Papua on this anniversary of the New York Agreement.
https://nit.com.au/13-08-2026/25927/the-new-york-agreement-64-years-on-west-papuans-still-oppressed
Map: By AK Rockefeller - West Papua - Grasberg Mine
Satellite Imagery: ArcGIS Wayback 2025

08/08/2026

03/08/2026

30/07/2026

The ecocide and mistreatment of Papuans by Indonesia is getting more coverage internationally with much evidence being collected

The report, titled Grabbed Land, Silenced Justice, examines how parts of Papua, in particular South Papua, are seeing a greater military presence in service of massive national development projects.

⬇ Kaya Selby's full story.

22/07/2026

*Change time for meeting. Now meeting at 4PM!*

Lets beat the traffic and get there early and catch more people on their way to this horrendous ‘show’ that starts at 5pm.

We’ll be there to protest the glorification of military machinery designed to manufacture our consent for diverting public funds into the war machine that helps to commit genocide, environmental destruction.

A war machine that demands the diversion of public funds from housing, healthcare and education.

All of this on unceded country with no consent from the owners of this land!

Banners and signs provided. ✊🏼

08/06/2026

The family of a West Papuan woman alleged to have been forcibly taken to Indonesia's capital after appearing in a new documentary film, wants her safely returned home.

Yasinta Moiwend's family says her sudden journey to Jakarta eleven days ago from her home in South Papua's Merauke regency was suspicious, and that they have since lost contact with the 64-year-old.

Read Johnny Blades' full story, linked below.

23/05/2026

Screening in Darwin this coming Friday!

Pig Feast (Pesta Babi) Darwin Premier Screening with Q&A
CDU DANALA GROUND FLOOR ROOM 1.01
Friday 29th May Doors Open 5pm
Film screening, and Q & A session at 5.30pm

A must see documentary film bought to us by dedicated and courageous investigative journalists and film makers. Pig Feast (Pesta Babi) exposes the mega deforestation project of global significance underway in the trans fly region of Papua, Indonesia, only a few hundred kilometres from Darwin across the Arafura Sea. This will be the premier screening in Darwin, with screenings rapidly happening across Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and many more countries.
Snacks and refreshments provided. Entry by donation.
Please register there is limited capacity https://tinyurl.com/PestaBabiDarwin