Greens leader Bob Brown believes Australia should be offering Papua New Guinea greater assistance in having a fair election, rather than threatening it with isolation.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr said this week that failure by PNG to hold its planned mid-year elections would be a "shocking model" for the Pacific.
Senator Carr on Wednesday threatened a sharp Australian response if PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill heeded internal calls to put off mid-year elections.
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