No. 27466. Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of Papua New Guinea on development cooperation. Signed at Canberra on 24 May 1989

2000 ◽  
pp. 522-524
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
The Government

scholarly journals Chronology of a protest

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-133
Author(s):  
Uni Tavur
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
World Bank ◽  
International Monetary Fund ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Afternoon Session ◽  
The Government

"Afternoon session opens debate on World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) intiated land mobilisation programme. Students express concern about the Government being used by the two monetary organisations to "sell" Papua New Guinea to foreign developers. By the end of the day, students declared war on the WB and IMF!"

scholarly journals Opportunities for development journalism in Papua New Guinea

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipul Khosla ◽  
Lyndal Rowlands
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Capital ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Foreign Corporations ◽  
Papua New Guinean ◽  
Training Opportunities

The Social Journalism Awards (SJA) is a journalism exchange programme providing Papua New Guinean journalists with opportunities to report on development issues. This article draws on information collected from SJA participants, and analysis of the media content they produced, to gather insights into development journalism in Papua New Guinea. The study found that Papua New Guinean journalists are interested in reporting on development issues but they lack appropriate opportunities to do so. The main issues facing Papua New Guinean journalists include few opportunities to report on issues outside the national capital; few professional development or training opportunities; few opportunities to report on development issues, particularly those affecting the rural poor; conflicts of interest for media owners including the government and foreign corporations with mining interests; and low pay within the industry. The study showed that when given appropriate opportunities, PNG journalists can contribute to development and democracy in meaningful ways. The article concludes that it is important for media indices to go beyond procedural freedoms and to measure substantive freedoms, or opportunities, available to journalists.

scholarly journals HUMAN SECURITY FOR BORDER SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY AT WARIS COMMUNITY AT THE BORDERS OF RI-PNG

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Melyana Ratana Pugu ◽  
Yanyan Mochamad Yani
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Human Security ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Community Health Centres ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Government

This research is aimed to explain the border society situation at Waris District, which is located remote from government services.  This condition reflects a threat on human security at the borders in Keerom regency, Papua, which is directly bordering Papua New Guinea (PNG). This research uses qualitative research method, in which it explains the human security threat in education and health at Waris District, which borders PNG. The education and health improvement and development for Waris community are organized through the provision infrastructure such as: the number of schools, teachers, community health centres. These are the indicators for the education and health improvement and development in the border region.  The outcome of this research is a reference for the government in border region management in the sectors of education and health, as an effort to minimise human security threat for the Waris community at the borders between RI-PNG.   Keywords: Human Security, Border Society, Waris, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea     Abstrak   Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan situasi masyarakat perbatasan di Distrik Waris yang berlokasi terpencil jauh dari pelayanan publik dari pemerintah. Kondisi ini menyebabkan adanya ancaman terhadap keamanan manusia di daerah perbatasan Kabupaten Keerom, Papua yang langsung berbatasan dengan Papua Nugini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif untuk menjelaskan ancaman terhadap keamanan manusia di bidang pendidikan dan kesehatan di Distrik Waris yang berbatasan langsung dengan Papua Nugini. Pembangunan dan peningkatan bidang pendidikan dan kesehatan dilakukan melalui pengadaan infrastruktur seperti jumlah sekolah, guru, pusat-pusat kesehatan masyarakat. Ini semua merupakan indikator untuk pembangunan dan peningkatan bidang pendidikan dan kesehatan di kawasan perbatasan. Hasil penelitian menjadi bahan masukan bagi pemerintah dalam mengelola kawasan perbatasan terutama di sector pendidikan dan kesehatan, sebagai upaya untuk meminimalkan ancaman terhadap keamanan manusia di Distrik Waris yang berada di daerah perbatasan antara Republik Indonesia dan Papua Nugini. Kata Kunci: Keamanan Manusia, Masyarakat Perbatasan, Waris, Indonesia, Papua Nugini  

scholarly journals Standoff in Papua New Guinea: Students take issue over corruption

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Emily Matasororo
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
News Media ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Tertiary Student ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Port Moresby

Commentary: A widespread student national boycott of classes and protests against the government of Peter O’Neill in Papua New Guinea during May and June 2016, supported by many civil society groups and activists. The epicentre of these protests was the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in the nation's capital, Port Moresby. Demonstrations stirred by allegations of corruption against Prime Minister O'Neill grew in intensity until police opened fire on peaceful protesters on June 8. The protests were largely organised by the elected UPNG Student Representative Council, which entered into alliances with other tertiary student bodies, especially at the University of Technology in Lae, and civil society groups such as UPNG Focus and the Community Coalition Against Corruption. The essential argument of the students was that instead of thwarting investigations into allegations that $30 million of fraudulent legal bills were paid to the legal firm Paraka Lawyers, O’Neill should resign from office and present himself to the police investigators for questioning as they had demanded. This article focuses on the student leadership’s role and critiques the coverage of two major national press outlets, the PNG Post-Courier and The National, leading to the temporary shutdown of the university. It argues that there were issues of ethics and integrity at stake with both students and the news media.

Papua New Guinea: Volatile but Coupless

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.J. May
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Internal Security ◽  
The Government ◽  
Security Operations ◽  
Civilian Authority ◽  
The Military

Before Papua New Guinea’s independence in 1975, its military consisted of a Pacific Island Regiment under the Australian Army’s Northern Command. In preparation for independence, there was considerable debate over whether the independent country should have a military force. Provision was made for the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) in the constitution, with a strong emphasis on the supremacy of the civilian authority. In the first decade of independence, the PNGDF was called out to assist police in internal security operations, but the priority of its role in internal security was not officially recognized until 1991. The deployment of the PNGDF to Bougainville to assist police in operations against what became the separatist Bougainville Revolutionary Army involved a heavy commitment of troops to a long-running conflict and was marked by a number of confrontations between the military and political leaders. This culminated in the Sandline affair, in which the PNGDF commander stepped in to terminate a contract between the government and the military consultants Sandline International and called on the prime minister to resign (but did not attempt to take over the government). After the Sandline affair and with the Bougainville Peace Agreement, relations between government and military improved, but several incidents involving PNGDF personnel led Prime Minister Morauta to speak of a “culture of instability” within the PNGDF and to invite a review by a Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group. Confrontations between the military and government, however, have consistently stopped short of attempted coup. The most plausible explanation for this may lie in the localized, competitive, and fractious nature of political power in Papua New Guinea, the absence of a dominant ethnic group, and the difficulties that even a legitimate, elected government has in maintaining law and order and service delivery across the country.

Papua New Guinea economy set to 'muddle down'

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Government Budget ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Outlook

Subject The political and economic outlook for Papua New Guinea. Significance Despite combined GDP growth of nearly 20% over the last two years, the fall in commodity prices has exposed the downside risks in the government's economic strategy and seriously damaged its political credibility. A government cash crisis driven by a 20% fall in expected revenues in 2015 is fracturing the country's politics. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a history of getting through crises, although this has usually involved a changing of the prime minister and an IMF programme. Impacts The government budget crisis and foreign exchange shortages will hurt growth in 2016. There is a risk of forced sale of foreign-owned businesses and land. Foreign exchange shortages may be the greatest risk to businesses.

Road Asset Management System Implementation in Pacific Region: Papua New Guinea

2003 ◽  
Vol 1819 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petri Jusi ◽  
Roy Mumu ◽  
Sirpa H. Jarvenpaa ◽  
Barnabas Neausemale ◽  
Eduardo Sangrador
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Road Network ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Sector Reform ◽  
The Road ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
Asset Management System

The road network of Papua New Guinea includes 8,258 km of national classified roads and another 19,937 km of lesser-trafficked but equally important provincial roads. The value of the national road network is more than 5 billion Kina (US$1 billion). Maintaining this significant asset places a great responsibility on the government and the Department of Works (DOW). Sadly, insufficient attention has been given to maintaining the road network. There is no doubt that poorly maintained roads have a significant adverse effect on national economic growth, with an adverse effect on gross domestic product. In a developing country such as Papua New Guinea, there is always a need to provide a basic level of access to all areas of the country to be able to provide basic services for all the population (access to markets, administrative, health, education). A poorly maintained road network limits access and deprives rural populations of basic services. Therefore, DOW, with funds and guidance provided by the Asian Development Bank, has, with the assistance of a Finnroad consultant, developed a road asset management system (RAMS). RAMS is a tool for storing and presenting road data information, planning short-and long-term road maintenance, creating budgets, and maximizing economic returns of investments made for the road network. The government of Papua New Guinea has also established requirements for institutional reform and strengthening under its public sector reform program. Furthermore, responding to community and other stakeholder pressure, the government has committed itself to launching a road sector reform program.

Investors will face more scrutiny in Papua New Guinea

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Change Of Direction ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
Take Back ◽  
The Government

Subject The political outlook for Papua New Guinea under a new government. Significance Legislators have elected former Finance Minister James Marape as prime minister. He replaces Peter O’Neill, who resigned ahead of a no-confidence vote. Marape has promised to “take back the economy” and a “change of direction” in handling major resource extraction projects to achieve better returns for the government and people. Impacts The change in leadership may result in better governance and more consultation on policy formulation. Dealing with disgruntled landowner groups poses real problems for resource project management. The country will remain heavily dependent on foreign investment in resource projects, particularly mining, oil and gas.

scholarly journals Becoming unsustainable? Recent trends in the formal sector of insect trading in Papua New Guinea

Oryx ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob D.S. Small
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Conservation Incentives ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
International Demand ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sustainable Conservation

AbstractRising international demand from collectors for the insects of Papua New Guinea, in particular the endemic birdwing butterflies (Ornithoptera spp.), has been met since 1978 by the government sponsored Insect Farming and Trading Agency (IFTA). Institutions such as IFTA have the potential to satisfy markets through legitimate trading, boost local livelihoods and thus provide conservation incentives, and satisfy CITES criteria. Until the onset in Papua New Guinea of large-scale logging and mining in the 1990s, and a crisis of governance, IFTA was widely regarded as a conservation and development success. However, analysis of its trading records for 1995-2002 suggests that this agency is now struggling to sustain payments to village-based insect ranchers and collectors. This failure, combined with the limited number of ranchers and collectors and their restricted geographical spread, casts some doubt on this model of sustainable conservation.

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