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Marape ignores threats & says "this is a revolution"
James Marape - "We we will not be subservient to individual and corporate capitalist greed"KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – James Marape, Papua New Guinea’s former finance minister and appointed leader of its...
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Working to address the threat of climate change in PNG
Weather patterns are changing in the PNG highlands as more rainfall impact roads and the economy (T4G PNG)PETER S KINJAPPORT MORESBY – The earth experienced very warm periods 50 to 70 million years...
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O’Neill puts political survival before needs of rural people
Sir Mekere MorautaSIR MEKERE MORAUTA MPPORT MORESBY - The failure of District Development Authorities (DDAs) to function as intended is causing a looming development crisis in most of Papua New...
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Opposition rallies popular support in major test of strength
KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – The 50 opposition members who constitute the new ‘Alternative Government’ in Papua New Guinea will flex their muscles in a mass walk on parliament house in Port Moresby on Tuesday...
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Yumi karim lek
LYNETTE KERENGA | Crocodile Prize |An entry in the Cleland Award for Heritage LiteratureSee footnoteAiiii yaaa wuuuu……The chanting of my mamas’ echoesThrough the fertile Wahgi ValleyUp and down the...
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Time to recast Australia's role: millions spent, few lives changed
Cartoon by Simon KneeboneTONI HASSAN | The Canberra TimesCANBERRA - A new or re-elected government will give Australia a chance to better support our neighbours in Asia and the Pacific. The behaviour...
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Chief Minister Somare’s dramatic visit to Bougainville in 1973
Michael Somare in 1973KEITH JACKSON | Extracts from his Radio Bougainville diaryTUE 2 JANLyall Newby, Director of the Department of Information and Extension Services (DIES), rang and, amongst other...
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'Rise up': female police inspector’s battle cry to women
Julie Palakai - "Dressed in crisp police blues and wielding a large silver sword, she proudly marches judges, superior officers and other dignitaries - almost always male - up and down guard of honour...
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Leaders must accept that PNG must control & innovate or perish
SIMON DAVIDSONSONOMA - Papua New Guinea has a choice - to innovate and develop its massive natural resources to create more wealth or to forever be a rent collector. Right now, we are a rent collector...
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PNG politics: could this possibly be the dawn of a new era?
Bal Kama - "Defections from O’Neill’s government suggests that, if the normal parliamentary processes are strictly followed, O’Neill may suffer defeat"BAL KAMA | DevPolicy BlogCANBERRA - The almost...
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Job Pomat appears key in ensuring continuity of O’Neill’s job
Speaker Job Pomat wields significant influence in parliament, and is able to engage in partisan practices as proceedings are non-justiciableSEBASTIAN LIU | The DiplomatSINGAPORE - The latest...
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O'Neill renews threat that he’ll crack down on social media
Peter O'Neill - “There is a lot of fake news destroying our people, destroying our society"GORETHY KENNETH | PNG Post-Courier/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media WatchPORT MORESBY - Prime minister Peter...
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UBS loan: Conduct of O’Neill, Marape, others ‘wrong & improper’
KEITH JACKSONPORT MORESBY – The final report of the PNG Ombudsman Commission into allegations of improper borrowing of a $1.239 billion loan from the Union Bank of Switzerland to purchase nearly 150...
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Freedom Voice
Hazel DuduwegaHAZEL DUDUWEGA | Crocodile Prize | An entry in the Abt Associates Award for Women’s LiteratureFreedom Voice was inspired by my passion for community development. Women have little or no...
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Banning Facebook for 12 months, or any ban at all, is a bad move
SCOTT WAIDE | My Land, My CountryLAE - The reason why politicians are afraid of Facebook is because it has done more in the last 10 years to hold them to account than mainstream media outlets.Facebook...
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UBS loan to PNG government may have breached 15 laws
Oil Search's Peter Botten and Peter O'Neill - "The deal to purchase the Oil Search shares was irregular," says the PNG Ombudsman, and the loan that enabled it was "highly inappropriate and...
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‘No, I won’t sell the ABC’ - My fondest memory of Bob Hawke
KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – When John Pilger wrote his book, A Secret Country, he referred to me as a “mate” of Bob Hawke. Like much of what Pilger writes, that was wrong. I never knew Hawke well, but we had...
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Tahina Booth & the healing power of rugby league
Tahina Booth in full cry against the Jillaroos(Nathan Hopkins NRL)MARY KONSTANTOPOULOS | NRL.comSYDNEY - For Tahina Booth, having the opportunity to play for the Cronulla Sharks in this year’s Harvey...
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O’Neill’s K1.1 billion vanity project for Kumul Petroleum
SIR MEKERE MORAUTA MPKumul Petroleum boss Wapu Sonk has also been cited by the PNG Ombudsman for investigation under the leadership code over the UBS loan affairPORT MORESBY - Secret Kumul Petroleum...
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How prime minister Bob Hawke became a PNG chief
Grand Chief Michael Somare and Chief Bob Hawke in 2009 - became good friends establishing PNG's trade union movement and fighting for better public service wagesKEITH JACKSONNOOSA – In 1966 I was...
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