Solomon Islands disaster exposes Australia’s real agenda in the Pacific
The response of the Australian and New Zealand governments and other Pacific powers to the crisis underscores their utter indifference to the plight of the country’s ordinary working people. [RAMSIs]...
View ArticleOro government leads in the fight against illegal land grabbing
From ACT NOW! Gary Juffa opposition to SABL land grab exposes Peter O’Neill’s inaction While PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill sits on his hands refusing to cancel unlawful SABL leases and stop illegal...
View ArticleAustralian government rejects advisers warning on Bougainville mine
The Australian government’s subservient relationship with giant mining companies mean it has rejected AusAID’s advice that re-opening the Panguna mine will destabilize the island and it should instead...
View ArticleRimbunan Hijau evicts Bumbu residents in Lae
Bumbu eviction site Thirty houses in the Bumbu settlement in Lae were forcibly removed and the families evicted 2 months ago with all the trees bulldozed. The residents are now living in tents, waiting...
View ArticlePNG police wont investigate Australian ‘speculator’ but will take his money
The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary has just announced a ‘generous’ donation of K20,000 from the Paga Hill Development Company (PHDC), a concern run by Australian businessman Gudmundur Fridriksson....
View ArticleLong time resident not happy with forced eviction by Rimbunan Hijau
Lina Gawi, from Geborobi village in the East Sepik Province, settled in Bumbu when her daughter was seven years of age. Now she is a mother of 5 adult children, She was not very happy when the...
View ArticleSarawak’s WTK Slammed For Land Grabs In Papua New Guinea
Sarawak Report A new report by the global NGO OXFAM has identified the Sarawak crony logging company WTK as one of the main land-grabbing companies illegally destroying the rain forests of Papua New...
View ArticlePeter O’Neill aiding and abetting the theft of valuable forest resources
In a criminal conspiracy of grand proportions the Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, is aiding and abetting the theft of valuable forest resources from customary landowners by Malaysian logging companies....
View ArticleMore empty promises from O’Neill on illegal SABL land grab?
Ministerial committee to meet on SABLs Source: The National, Friday May 2nd, 2014 PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says a ministerial committee to implement the recommendations from the inquiry into...
View ArticleGovernments Crushing Their Own
the police are being used to put down indigenous opposition to the alliance of state and corporate power over resource extraction Catherine Wilson | Inter Press Service In PNG, mineral and gas...
View ArticleO’Neill’s illegal logging: Who, where and how much is being stolen?
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has failed to shut down illegal logging operations in thirteen SABL areas despite receiving advice ten months ago that the leases are illegal. The Prime Minister was told...
View ArticleO’Neill’s illegal logging: 318 days and counting…
It is now 318 days since Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was informed that the SABL leases were unlawful and should be revoked. It was on June 26, 2013 that he was given the reports of the SABL...
View ArticleO’Neill’s illegal logging: 326 days and counting…
It is now 326 days since Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was informed that the SABL leases were unlawful and should be revoked. It was on June 26, 2013 that he was given the reports of the SABL...
View ArticlePeter O’Neill’s illegal logging: 333 days and counting…
It is now 333 days since Prime Minister Peter O’Neill was informed that the SABL leases were unlawful and should be revoked. It was on June 26, 2013 that he was given the reports of the SABL...
View ArticlePM O’Neill to face the nation on SABL land grab
The Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says he will face the nation to speak about the SABL land grab at 10am on Monday morning. The PM will be appearing on Roger Hau’ofa’s FM100 talk back show. The Prime...
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