Coming to Kokoda: Vital ties must endure as China circles

Posted by Charlie | Oct 17, 2026 | NEWSPAPER ARTICLES | 0

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Political leaders and the young have been urged to embrace the history and better understand the strategic importance of the Kokoda Track, as China and Australia battle for diplomatic supremacy in Papua New Guinea. John Ferguson, Associate Editor of the Weekend Austalian reports:

Coming to Kokoda: Vital ties must endure as China circles

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Coming to Kokoda: Vital ties must endure as China circles Political leaders and the young have been urged to embrace the history and better understand the strategic importance of the Kokoda Track, as China and Australia battle for diplomatic supremacy in Papua New Guinea. John Ferguson, Associate Editor of the Weekend Austalian reports:

Coming to Kokoda: Vital ties must endure as China circles

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Charlie

Charlie Lynn is a former army major and former Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans Affairs in the New South Wales Parliament. In 2015 he was inducted as an 'Officer of the Logohu' by the PNG Government in their New Years’ Honours List ‘for service to the bilateral relations between Papua New Guinea and Australia and especially in the development of the Kokoda Trail and its honoured place in the history of both nations’ over the past 25 years'. In 2018 he was inducted as a 'Member of the Order of Australia' for his services to the NSW Parliament. He has led 101 expeditions across the Kokoda Trail since 1991.