Poverty andlaw and order problems are holding back a free and prosperous Papua New Guinea – the kind imagined by Gough Whitlam and Michael Somare.
“It was disappointing to see the PNG government pushing the China agenda during the Australian PM’s visit in an attempt to gain more support from China.
Last month, Marape moved to highlight the low risk of energy investment in PNG. Gas giant Santos, with multinational partners TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, is behind the $US10 billion Papua LNG project, with an expected capacity of 6 million tonnes a year.Fortescue Future Industries is discussing “The deal that dumped asylum seekers from Australia in PNG was only possible because of the neo-colonial relationship between Australia and PNG,” spokesman Ian Rintoul said.Albanese’s enthusiasm for the visit has been evident for weeks. He urged Australian businesses to invest more in PNG, including in green energy projects and action to deal with climate change, and travelled on Friday to Wewak to honour the late Somare.
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