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From David Freyne on Papua New Guinea’s “foreign” ministers
The table of "months in parliament, 1972-2022" is clearly inaccurate. For example, how did Bruce Jephcott have 15 months in the 2nd parliament, Denis Young have 4 months in the 4th parliament and Ken Fairweather have just 12 months in the 8th parliament? There are other similar short stints.
From Stephen Howes on Korea should use its summit to offer labour mobility to the Pacific
No, but it should be. So far of the countries eligible to send workers to Australia under the PALM scheme, only Timor-Leste is eligible to send workers to South Korea.
From Stephen Howes on Pacific Engagement Visa quotas need to be set strategically and selectively
Hi Victor, When Labor first announced the PEV, it said that the quotas would be allocated proportional to population. Since coming to government, it has put out a statement with a slightly more complex allocation formulae but along similar lines - see <a href="https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/pev-palm-faq.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/pev-palm-faq.pdf</a>. You are arguing that economic status should also be taken into account. In fact, the larger Pacific/TL countries are also the poorer (PNG, TL, SI) so this would reinforce the original intent to distribute them on the basis of population.
From Peter Lopae on Korea should use its summit to offer labour mobility to the Pacific
Is Papua New Guinea eligible to send it laboure to Korea
From Stephen Howes on AIFFP, ADB, PNG Ports and corruption
Hi, thanks for your comment. The answer is in the sixth paragraph. The allegations on the ABC program cast doubt on the integrity of the bidding process that led to the awarding of the PNG ports operator contract to ICTSI. One of the ports that ICTSI now operates in PNG is the Lae port. And the Lae port upgrade is, I understand, is the biggest component of the AIFFP PNG Ports investment. So, my concern is around what will happen to the Australian-funded upgrade of Lae port once it is complete. Will the upgraded port be operated by ICTSI? Will there be another bid? Will it depend on the outcome of the inquiry? Hope this clarifies.
From J Jay on AIFFP, ADB, PNG Ports and corruption
Hi, in this article the fact check does not implicate AIFFP with the case of corruption with PNG Ports. The AIFFP was established on 1 July 2019, somewhat 2 years after the contract was signed with PNG Ports in 2017 (ref. 2). Clearly cannot see the nexus between the two. Please explain as I see no connection. Thank you Stephen.
The following are excerpts:
Ref. 1 'The AIFFP was announced by former Prime Minister Morrison in November 2018 and became operational on 1 July 2019', (ref. https://www.aiffp.gov.au/about)
ref. 2 'The ABC’s Background briefing and the OCCRP revealed questionable payments involving then top PNG Ports officials Fego Kiniafa and Stanley Alphonse around the time a major contract was awarded to a multinational ports operator, ICTSI in 2017' (ref. https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/marape-orders-corruption-watchdog-to-investigate-png-ports/)
From Martin Itamai on Fictitious commodities: the forest carbon market in PNG
I, Mr. Martin Itamai, from Bougainville, and I am interested to know more about the concept of carbon market in Papua New Guinea.
From Peter Michael Magury on Papua New Guinea’s “foreign” ministers
Well, how about Harry Humphrey who held the MP seat for Talasea Electorate in WNBP for a long time and then his son Peter Humphrey who held the Regional Seat for WNBP before Muthuvel.
There are also other foreign/expatriate MPs that are not mentioned in this blog.
From Wingkeo Zinga on Make PNG’s National Goals relevant again
Very good article I enjoyed reading it. The main problem needed to be solved is deep inside of us and it needs people who are wise. We have brilliant people who are well educated yet our attitude is beyond what we have in hand. Most can talk nicely and act like they have professional heart but in reality they are the ones who fail to implement. Therefore PNG needs to get back to its roots and see if we have lost our values in the midst.
From Bensolo Ken on Papua New Guinea’s “foreign” ministers
Malcolm 'Kela' Smith (late) was the other naturalized citizen to hold the EHP regional seat for a few terms. There's a confusion with the name 'Henry Smith' who I believe was a local Goroka man who represented the Goroka Open seat.
From Rachelle Lei on Papua New Guinea’s “foreign” ministers
Thankyou for sharing this article, was an interesting read.
From Kingtau Mambon on Papua New Guinea’s “foreign” ministers