Qld LNG rivals join up to control costs
AAP The operators of two of Queensland's three giant gas projects will share resources amid worries that soaring costs are threatening a liquefied natural gas (LNG) boom. Santos, operator of the $18.5...
View ArticleInternational success as important as domestic factors for Aust. economy in...
(Source: CEDA - Committee for Economic Development of Australia) International success as important as domestic factors for Aust. economy in Asian Century Posted : Thursday, July 04, 2013 Economic...
View ArticleLandslides take toll on key PNG highway
Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE PORT MORESBY, 4 July 2013 (IRIN) - A vital highway, long regarded as the single most important road in Papua New Guinea (PNG), is slowly being destroyed by...
View ArticleAddress poverty for a better future
PORT Moresby residents have over the years become used to seeing the face of poverty in Papua New Guineas National Capital District. From the youngsters giving directions to drivers trying to navigate...
View ArticleTackling the curse of hate
Atrocities: a man covers his face after witnessing women being brutally attacked. Photo: Brendan Esposito Brian Leahy's father was one of the first white men to set foot in the New Guinea highlands,...
View ArticleRudd ascension fails to shock Australia, markets
By Christian Edwards SYDNEY, June 27, (Xinhua) -- In extraordinary circumstances, Kevin Rudd has reassumed the leadership of the Australian Labor Party and consequently becomes the Australian Prime...
View ArticleFour Chinese nationals slain in Papua New Guinea
Sydney: Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea in what the South Pacific island nation's Prime Minister today condemned as a "brutal and cowardly" attack. The victims,...
View ArticleGreek PM inaugurates COSCO-run port facilities, invites further Chinese...
ATHENS, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Wednesday attended the inauguration ceremony of new port facilities run by a subsidiary of Chinese shipping conglomerate COSCO,...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Australia To Send Police
Fifty Australian police officers will be sent to Papua New Guinea to help tackle serious law and order problems in the Pacific Ocean country. It comes a day after soldiers armed with guns, machetes...
View ArticleKevin Rudd sworn in as Australian prime minister
CANBERRA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister of Australia on Thursday following his victory in a ruling Labor party caucus ballot the evening before. Governor-General...
View Article>4 Chinese nationals slain in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY (AP) — Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea in what the South Pacific island...
View ArticleKokoda diggers slam Rudd over 'survivor' comment
ABOUT 625 Australian soldiers did not survive the brutal fighting against crack Japanese troops along the 100km long Track during WW2. Speaking at a joint press conference with Papua New Guinea Prime...
View ArticleUN agency criticises Australia's PNG asylum centre
Published July 12, 2013AFP Asylum seekers (top) walk past a banner on top of a building at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre on April 21, 2011. The UN refugee agency on Friday criticised conditions...
View ArticleLets support our local level government elections
VOTING has started in Papua New Guineas Local Level Government elections and Papua New Guineans will look forward to the outcome. The LLG polling might not appear important but the attraction in...
View Article4 Chinese nationals slain in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY (AP) â Four Chinese nationals have been stabbed to death in Papua New Guinea in what the South Pacific island nation's prime minister on Wednesday condemned as a "brutal and cowardly" attack....
View ArticleRid the PNGDF of bad apples
THE Papua New Guinea Constitution is explicit on the functions of the PNG Defence Force and its personnel. Section 202 of the PNG Constitution points out the core tasks and responsibilities of the...
View ArticleChinese hacked to death in Papua New Guinea attack
Four Chinese nationals have been hacked to death in Port Moresby, with one reportedly beheaded and the others dismembered in an attack condemned as “brutal and cowardly” yesterday by Papua New Guinean...
View ArticleTime to condemn and prosecute the corrupt
IT has been over three years since the discussions on the PNG LNG Umbrella Benefits Sharing Agreement were held in Kokopo, East New Britain Province. For a number of Papua New Guineans those...
View ArticlePort Moresby rocked by grisly killings
Sydney - Four Chinese nationals have been hacked to death in Port Moresby, with one reportedly beheaded and the others dismembered in an attack condemned as “brutal and cowardly” on Wednesday by Papua...
View ArticleMajority would give asylum seekers jobs
Traditional welcome: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrives in Port Moresby on Monday. Photo: Gary Ramage More than 60 per cent of voters agree that asylum seekers released into the community should be...
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