Tony Abbott’s attack is the latest episode in a long tradition of Australian complicity in Indonesian state terror.
![Freddy Warome, one of the 'self-indulgent' activists who supports West Papuan independence from afar, after seeking asylum in neighbouring Papua New Guinea [Philippe Schneider/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201310392840557580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Kristian Lasslett is currently Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Ulster and a member of the International State Crime Initiative’s Executive Board.
Tony Abbott’s attack is the latest episode in a long tradition of Australian complicity in Indonesian state terror.
![Freddy Warome, one of the 'self-indulgent' activists who supports West Papuan independence from afar, after seeking asylum in neighbouring Papua New Guinea [Philippe Schneider/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201310392840557580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)