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Good evening, i would like to Visit this city, i am an anthropologist and PNG is kind of a temple for me, having a few days in the area i would like to experience at least the city, in the next few days. I found your words particularly appropriated for the complexity of the issue of giving an evaluation on the safety of a place, and in consideration of the reasonability and realness of your approach i m here writing you in case you have some suggestions for staying at PM, so far it’s just a wish, not even applied for eVisa… Thank you anyway for your text, it’s been very helpfull.

So true, corruption is a demon with many faces. You cut off one, the other pops out from nowhere. Despite of all the good efforts, it will adapt to new rules and technology.

Any factors of planning success and planning failures in porgera gold mine?

Local leaders only work when fighting subsides. They cannot prevent tribal fights from starting. Your idea that local leaders can prevent fights from starting is wrong. Warriors do not adhere to directions or suggestions local leaders.

Fantastic to see EMIIF's expansion. Great article and clear explanation of the model. A real field building initiative which could be replicated locally as well.

I am in Saigon at the moment and went on a day tour to the Mekong delta on Kim tours. We went to a animal park for lunch, the conditions were very bad, the horses attached to carriages where in the hot sun, panting heat stress I told them to move them to the shade they laughed at me. Huge white python in a cage with no water. Porcupines in cement cages nothing else. Horrific if Australia is supporting this. Please let me know who I can contact in Australia regarding this. Angela

Hi Theresa, The bill was listed for consideration by the Australian Senate last week, but never made it to the floor. It is now listed for this week, but for Thursday, the very last day of the session. That's not a good sign. There is one positive thing to report. Senator David Pocock (Independent, ACT) has moved an <a href="https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/amend/r6977_amend_753f6f35-6b6f-45b0-a848-48fe65a5a24c/upload_pdf/2050%20CW%20Migration%20Amendment%20(Australias%20Engagement%20in%20the%20Pacific%20and%20Other%20Measures)%20Bill%202023_D%20Pocock%20.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf" rel="nofollow ugc">amendment</a>which would mean that the lottery which would run the PEV cannot be used for humanitarian (refugee) visas. The Greens have made it clear that this is a requirement for them to support the bill. So Pocock's amendment should make the PEV legislation acceptable to the Greens as well as Pocock. If the Jacqui Lambie Network also supported the Bill, then that would give the numbers to pass the Bill even without Coalition support.

Hi Andrew, Are you able to publish the NDB Audit Report? I note that you have cited a news article from the National, however, a copy of the Audit Report would help give credibility to your citation and comments. Thank you.

Thanks for the info Karen. I am currently on a 408 visa working under Disability sector. Praying I will get the opportunity to apply for PR in the PEV when it’s legislated

Wondering if there have been any updates on the July senate meeting?

Hi Rick I think our local people are not educated well enough to understand the impact and effect of the project. I think from my perspective as a small scale mining field that project is more valuable and it is really economical. That liquidation of Nautilus mark the end of the road for the deep-sea mining industry? That might be the case in PNG, but the Pacific Ocean continues to be at the forefront of the global deep-sea mining frontier. The deep see mining is safe and economical. Thank you

This is one of the major issues affecting many developing countries, though they aspire for economic development through activities such as logging or fishing for that matter, they are not prone to its side effects. Neighboring PNG is one such country that is going through similar issues, economic and social development is occurring at a cost, and in most cases, those costs are unplanned such as this. This calls for re-strategizing the strategies of intervention and planning by governments when proposing development activities. Careful considerations for the long-term effects of large-scale projects and their impacts on the local community and the natural inhabitants must not be overlooked.