Slap yourself you naughty child! You should not have an opinion! AND if you do – under no circumstance should you voice that opinion, unless it supports what we (the ever-wise adults) have said! AND whatever scientific research and legal opinion (no matter who from) that has been formulated outside of THIS circle (picture a fair skinned, slightly balding, black haired, wire rimmed spectacled, black-suit and tie wearing, middle aged Papua New Guinean man drawing a circle with his delicate pointers) is IRRELEVANT and surely based on pure emotion.

Development is a big word. It essentially depends on who is selling and who's buying the idea of ‘development’.

PRESS RELEASE: 30th August 2012

Community advocacy group, ACT NOW! has welcomed the announcement by the Governor General that the new government will establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption.

"ACT NOW! is very pleased the government of Peter O’Neill has pledged to establish an ICAC and is promising to take effective action on corruption”, says Effrey Dademo, Program Manager for ACT NOW!

Seabed Mining. The so-called ‘latest frontier’ in mineral extraction in the commodity hungry industrialized world where cars, houses and airplanes are more and more in demand. The thing is no matter how much people try to dress it up and make it look safe, economical and people friendly – mineral exploitation is mineral exploitation full stop.

via Port Douglas News

A new tuna cannery in PNG is an opportunity lost for FNQ according to Warren Entsch MP.

News that a massive new tuna cannery will soon open in Papua New Guinea and process 380 metric tons of tuna a day has led to Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch to call for Far North Queensland to get its share.


via Post Courier

GLOBAL mining giant Rio Tinto has started to cut staff numbers in its Australian operations, and intends closing its Sydney office as it battles falling commodity prices and threats to demand from Europe’s debt crisis.
Rio Tinto’s Australian manager David Peever told Reuters by telephone that around 30 support and services staff in Sydney and an undisclosed number of employees at the company’s much larger operation in Melbourne in would be cut.

What do the National Goals and Directive Principles mean to you?

1. Pick one out of the five National Goals and Directive Principles and write about what it means to you in 1,500 words or less before Monday the 27 of August 2012.
2. Competition is open to Students in the following categories: Tertiary, College and Highschool.
3. Entries can be in English or Tok Pisin

via PINA

Papua New Guinea’s investment in Australia reached US$1.2 billion, equal to 12.8% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010, according to Asian Development Bank country economist Aaron Batten.

This was 350% higher than the amount of money invested by Australian companies in PNG, he said.

by Patrick Paniwa Sakal & Gynnie Kero

TAX concessions for mining, oil and gas were given under the tax law, a well-placed source in Internal Revenue Commission said.