PNG
PNG bans legal action against resource projects
Hundreds of people protested in Papua New Guinea today against the government’s decision to ban legal challenges to resource projects.......
Melanesians express anger about land reforms
Delegates from PNG and Vanuatu say Australian sponsored land reforms are endangering their way of life. Aid Watch is sponsoring......
EFIC in PNG- why the secrecy?
Human rights watchdog Jubilee Australia has issued a report shining a spotlight on Australia’s low-profile export credit agency, EFIC –......
Contaminated lake in PNG highlights need for independent monitoring of mines
Local residents may suspect that the nearby drilling plant – run by the Australian owned Oil Search – was responsible......
Agricultural Hardships in Papua New Guinea
Women who work in the agricultural industry in Papua New Guinea are facing particularly difficult times and hardships. Maria Linibi,......
Land Owners versus refugees in PNG
Yesterday on The Wire, we heard that Papua New Guinea was considering revising death penalty laws, prompted by a rise......
Anger as PNG considers extending the death penalty
A series of violent attacks, especially the murder of four young children by their mother in the Western Highlands of......
Aidworkers paid more than the PM
It’s been revealed that some aid workers in Papua New Guinea can earn more in a year than Prime Minister......
PNG landowners delay natural gas project
Papua New Guinea’s National Court has extended a restraining order to stop negotiations over the royalties from a natural gas......
Logging in PNG
Accusations over the social and environmental problems caused by industrial logging in Papua New Guinea have recently received media attention.......