“When considering how best to respond to Treasurer Abel’s misleading remarks on his tax tariff increases, and his personal attack on me as Shadow Treasurer, I have decided to provide a detailed response going through the facts. PNG is a democracy, and that means it is important for different sides of politics to put forward […]
“PNG needs a Consumer Council to help protect PNG families from unfair price increases and poor quality products. In the fierce competition of Waigani politics, there are many groups and individuals that will speak out in the interests of resource companies or the local manufacturing industry or formal sector employees. However, there is no group […]
“The O’Neill/Abel PNC government is hurting most PNG families with massive tariff tax increases. In its 2019 Budget, through 37 pages of detailed information, the government has snuck in or confirmed tax tariff increases on 664 items. This is on top of the 254 tariff increases introduced last year! This includes new taxes on canned […]
“As we try and welcome in the New Year in 2019, families will be asked to pay lots more for basic food and commodities because of new taxes imposed by the O’Neill/Abel government. Over 70 new tax increases have been imposed by PNC from 1 January 2019. This includes a 15% tax increase for wheat […]
“PNG Treasury and Finance officers are going to be asked to make unconstitutional debt repayments from 1 January. This is the consequence of the O’Neill/Abel government’s failure to include over K11 billion (yes – billion, not million) in necessary debt repayments in 2019. I have highlighted this extraordinary failure in my 2019 Budget response and […]
“In my capacity as a Member of the Papua New Guinea Salaries Remuneration Commission (SRC), I met with key organisations in Canberra, Australia involved in making payments to their Parliamentarians. I was quite impressed with the level of support provided to Australian Parliamentarians in helping ensure that their parliamentary expenses are ethical and fully accountable. […]
“As I celebrate Christmas with my wonderful family surrounded by the beauty of Lemus Island in New Ireland Province, I reflect on the Christmas message of love, hope and sacrifice. The birth of Christ was a true gift of love to the world. So many in our community seek to live this message of love […]
“My response to the disappointing 2019 Budget included practical suggestions for getting growth going again in PNG in ways that truly benefitted our people. I want to give a quick report on further progress along this path that is being applied in the districts of Kavieng and Namatanai” stated the Shadow Minister for Treasury and […]
“Treasurer Abel needs to ensure that the government actually pays all its bills as we come to the end of the 2018 financial year. This means fully paying schools and health centres their promised budgeted funds. It means paying infrastructure contractors for work properly done under legitimate contracts. It means paying the full level of […]
“At the recent PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment conference in Sydney, there were claims that “mining was the backbone of the PNG economy”. However, I must disagree with the way we present our economy to the outside world including international investors. For there is no doubt that the real economic backbone of our country is […]