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Views against early independence 'were correct'
Michael Somare and Gough Whitlam in 1973 - 'Conservative leaders spoke out against a fast transfer of power but were overtaken by these two unstoppable forces'PAUL OATESCLEVELAND, QLD - If one was to...
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Tom Mboya, Paulus Arek & PNG independence
Kenyan leader and independence advocate Tom Mboya talks with a school student when visiting PNG in 1964PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY – In 1971, between 4 January and 19 February, Paulus Arek took his...
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FIFO workers from PNG force Covid emergency
Cairns Hospital director Dr Don Mackie says the hospital is treating six mine workers who have flown from PNG (Kristy Sexton-McGrath - ABC)KRISTY SEXTON-MCGRATH| ABC Far NorthCAIRNS - One of the...
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Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare: a reflection
Pauline Wapen Mango, a third grader at Lahara Avenue School in Boroko, recited a poignant poem at one of Grand Chief Somare's haus kraisDANIEL KUMBONPORT MORESBY - The tears kept coming as I saw two...
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The handful of men who made PNG a nation
Phil Fitzpatrick - "For Somare the kiaps seemed to represent the worst anachronisms of colonial rule"PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - When leaders with an aura of greatness die, there inevitably follows...
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DISAPPEARING IMAGES ON SOME PNG ATTITUDE POSTSTypepad, which provides the platform for PNG Attitude, has for some time been having problems with its internal caching system which causes some images to...
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Papua New Guinea Mourns
JOSEPH TAMBURE PNG mourns its Grand ChiefAn East Sepik manDevoted to familyA peace loving manWith wisdom unchallengedPNG mourns its Grand ChiefAs good leaders do, he foughtWith his brothers bonded as...
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We honour a giant who has fallen
Philip Kai Morre - "Michael Somare was not only a politician but a role model"PHILIP KAI MORREKUNDIAWA - It is an honour to celebrate the life and death of a giant who has fallen. Sir Michael Somare...
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‘I had Covid, stop knocking the vaccine’
Oro Governor Gary Juffa - "For me Covid-19 is real. I should know. I had it"GARY JUFFAORO PROVINCE - Here is a poignant piece for all. For me Covid-19 is real. I should know. I had it. And no, it's not...
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Black & White magazine: a reflection
Extract of the cover of the first issue of Black and WhiteKEITH JACKSONNOOSA – In November 1966 I was transferred from my school in the bush to Port Moresby to edit the School Paper.At 22, I felt it...
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Danger! Fake news & conspiracy theories
NOEL TURNBULLJohn Menadue’s Pearls & IrritationsMELBOURNE - History has demonstrated that when people are fearful, believe they are powerless and can’t cope with threatening events they very often...
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Cricket: The day we nearly beat Goroka
'The Cricketer' as sketched by Harry Lake in 1964KEITH JACKSONNOOSA – In 1964, when I was in Kundiawa in my first year of teaching, a kiap called Max Orken and I started what we termed the Central...
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Everything changes but nothing changes
Time (Loren Zemlicka)PHILIP FITZPATRICKTUMBY BAY - Some curious things happen when you get old. Among other things, time seems to speed up. Now that I’m well into my seventies I’ve discovered that...
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Sana - You Shone as the Morning Star
Papua New Guinea's leaders in 1973 - Thomas Kavali, Michael Somare, Julius Chan and John GuiseCHIEF MARK TONARChief Mark Tonar is a former kiap from the United Nauro Gor community in the...
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God had a spear, his name was Sana
Michael Somare at Sogeri National High School, 1963TANYA ZERIGA ALONEPORT MORESBY - A champion of freedom. A man of his time, 50,000 years in the making. A man destined to preserve the dignity of a...
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Queensland fear over Covid threat from PNG
Annastacia Palaszczuk - "It’s a serious situation up there so I think we need to look at our coordinated response" (Darren England AAP) SEAN PARNELL| In Queensland | ExtractsBRISBANE - Authorities may...
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PNG Covid catastrophe: Australia must act
BRENDAN CRABB & LEANNE ROBINSON| The Conversation | Edited extractsMELBOURNE - The COVID epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports of case...
View ArticleOf white supremacists & the ‘kanakamen’
ROBERT FORSTERThe Sky Travellers by Bill Gammage, Melbourne University Press (1994). ISBN 9780522848274. 348 pages. Paperback $49.99NORTHUMBRIA, UK - A re-examination of Professor Bill Gammage’s book,...
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Australia records gratitude to Grand Chief
Hon Scott Morrison MPSCOTT MORRISON MPMotion to acknowledge the life and service of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare delivered in the Parliament of Australia by Australia’s prime minister Scott...
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Man in the Fire
RAYMOND SIGIMETOnce I heard the fire talkHe talked in my lifetime This grand man in the fire That coughed and crackledHis voice lit up the dark While embers danced the night His voice in the leaping...
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