In March, a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute warned that the expected collapse of the logging industry by 2015 could trigger unrest.
But the AFP’s deputy commissioner, Peter Drennan, has told a Senate estimates hearing he does not agree with that assessment.
“Some of the observations we make and the intelligence we have on the ground and the interaction we have with the Royal Solomon Islands Police and the broader community there, is that sure, there is still some volatility, but there’s really been a period of about four years where there’s been no significant public disturbances,” he said.
“There have been some minor ones, but we are not seeing an increase, in fact we are seeing a decrease and longer periods of stabilization.”
