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Pol I T Ical Reviews ‡ Melanesia 491 Papua New Guinea
pol i t ical reviews melanesia 491 $LUNR3DSXDKWWSZZZSDSXDEDUDWQHZV swaps in ministerial portfolios, the FRP replacement of two deputy prime min- Pembebasan PapuaKWWSSHPEHEDVDQ isters, and a constitutional blunder in SDSXDEORJVSRWFRP the reelection of the governor-general. In spite of the political rollercoaster, 3ROLWLN,QGRQHVLDKWWSZZZ .politikindonesia.com the Somare government successfully thwarted numerous attempts by the Presiden Republik Indonesia. Opposition to remove Sir Michael KWWSZZZSUHVLGHQULJRLG Somare as prime minister, thus making Radio Republik Indonesia. the government more confident than KWWSZZZUULFRLG ever to assert its grip on power until Rakyat Merdeka. Daily. Jakarta. Online at the national elections in 2012. It was KWWSZZZUDN\DWPHUGHNDFRLG also a year of legal battles and protests on controversial constitutional amend- 5HSXEOLNDFRLGKWWSZZZUHSXEOLND FRLG ments and environmental issues. The concerned public, landowner groups, Sekretariat Kabinet Republik Indonesia. and nongovernmental organizations KWWSZZZVHWNDEJRLG have become a fortified mouthpiece of Suara Pembaruan. Daily. Jakarta. Online the people on issues of human rights, DWKWWSZZZVXDUDSHPEDUXDQFRP equality, environment, and the consti- Survival: The Movement for Tribal tutionality of amendments to laws that 3HRSOHVKWWSZZZVXUYLYDOLQWHUQDWLRQDO seem to favor politicians and multina- RUJ tional companies over people’s rights. Tabloid Jubi Online: An Alternative Media Unlike in previous years, these interest LQ7DQDK3DSXDKWWSWDEORLGMXELFRP groups showed the government -
Papua New Guinea
Country Report Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea at a glance: 2005-06 OVERVIEW The prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, is likely to see out his full term in office, defeating any no-confidence vote. The political scene nevertheless remains unsettled, with a number of parties suffering internal splits. By contrast, the economic outlook is fairly good. The government has maintained control of its fiscal position, inflation has eased sharply, and improvements in agricultural and mining output should contribute to steady real GDP growth in 2005-06. However, the current-account balance will deteriorate steadily in 2005-06, in line with rising imports related to mining activity and infrastructure projects. Key changes from last month Political outlook • A new autonomous government on the island of Bougainville has been established, marking a milestone in the development of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The newly elected government was inaugurated in mid-June, with Joseph Kabui, the leader of the Bougainville People’s Congress securing the presidency. Economic policy outlook • Although the government has succeeded in maintaining a tight grip on expenditure, leading to an improvement in the budget balance, it has failed to utilise its development expenditure budget to support sustainable economic growth. In the first quarter of 2005 the government spent only around 3% of its full-year development budget. Economic forecast • The Economic Intelligence Unit has revised upwards its forecast for global crude oil prices, one of PNG’s leading export commodities. Oil prices will increase by 31% year on year in 2005 to an average of US50.5/barrel (dated Brent Blend), before dipping to US$46.5/b in 2006. -
The Boy from Boort: Remembering Hank Nelson
The Boy from Boort The Boy from Boort Remembering Hank Nelson Edited by Bill Gammage, Brij V. Lal, Gavan Daws Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Gammage, Bill, 1942- author. Title: The boy from Boort : remembering Hank Nelson / Bill Gammage, Brij V. Lal, Gavan Daws. ISBN: 9781925021646 (paperback) 9781925021653 (ebook) Subjects: Nelson, Hank, 1937-2012. Historians--Australia--Biography. Military historians--Australia--Biography. College teachers--Australia--Biography. Papua New Guinea--Historiography. Other Authors/Contributors: Lal, Brij V., author. Daws, Gavan, author. Dewey Number: 994.007202 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design by Nic Welbourn and layout by ANU Press Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2014 ANU Press Contents Preface . vii Hyland Neil (‘Hank’) Nelson . ix Part I: Appreciation 1 . Farm Boys . 3 John Nelson 2 . The Boy from Boort . 5 Bill Gammage 3 . Talk and Chalk . 15 Ken Inglis 4 . Boort and Beyond . 19 Gavan Daws 5 . ‘I Don’t Think I Deserve a Pension – We Didn’t Do Much Fighting’: Interviewing Australian Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1942–1945 . 33 Tim Bowden 6 . Doktorvater . 47 Klaus Neumann 7 . Hank, My Mentor . 55 Keiko Tamura 8 . Papua New Guinea Wantok . 63 Margaret Reeson 9 . -
The Pacific Islands and the Arab World: Exploring Diplomatic Relations Between Island States and Arab States
The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Intern Policy Research Report The Pacific Islands and the Arab World: Exploring Diplomatic Relations between Island States and Arab States Hugh Dixson October 2014 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report analyses the potential for Palestine to establish diplomatic and trade relationships with 5 Pacific island states: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Samoa and Solomon Islands. Chapter 1 presents BacKground information, historical events and important data that are relevant to the five Pacific island states studied in this report. This chapter serves two roles. The first is to provide the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific with the Basic information to help facilitate engagement with these countries and to establish diplomatic relationships. Secondly, it provides the data and information and lays foundations that form the core of the analysis of later chapters of this report. Chapter 1 highlights several important consistencies across the five Pacific island nations that relate to Palestine’s goal to build effective relationships with them. Specifically, the reliance on agriculture and foreign aid, the weak healthcare systems and the relatively high levels of education and literacy, offer potential to Palestine. These consistencies, along with the importance of regional multilateral institutions and key regional stakeholders that are identified in Chapter 1, form the central pillars of the analysis and eventual recommendations of this report. Chapter 2 examines the marKed increase in Arab involvement in the Pacific region, particularly following the 2010 Arab-Pacific Summit. It discusses the significant 2 movement By the Arab League, led By the UAE, to develop relations with the Pacific islands. -
Pressespiegel – Press Review: Mining in the South Pacific
Pressespiegel – Press review: Mining in the South Pacific Vol. 3, No. 1, January – February 2011, 92 pages Redaktion/compilation: Dr. Roland Seib, Hobrechtstr. 28, 64285 Darmstadt, Germany http://www.roland-seib.de/mining.html Copyright: The material is copyrighted by the media and authors quoted. Abbreviations in common use: BCL: Bougainville Copper Limited LNG: Liquid Natural Gas PIR: Pacific Islands Report PNG: Papua New Guinea Websites: Pacific Islands Report: http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/graphics.shtml PNG Post-Courier: http://www.postcourier.com.pg PNG The National. http://www.thenational.com.pg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ News Release Fiji Ministry of Information Suva, Fiji, Feb 28, 2011 FIJI LEASES LAND FOR CHINA BAUXITE MINING OPERATION The Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources continued issuing land lease documents yesterday as government progresses plans for bauxite mining in Bua. At Lovonidalo settlement in the district of Navakasiga, minister Netani Sukanaivalu presented another set of lease documents to Aurum Exploration (Fiji) Limited which will allow for the construction of a wharf. The 60 acres of land which belongs to the Mataqali Nalutu will be used to construct a 800 meter wharf where bauxite ores will be shipped directly to melting plants in China for processing. Mr Sukanaivalu issued both a surface and foreshore lease to company official Basilio Vanuaca in the presence of the mataqali Nalutu. Also present at the handing over ceremony this morning were ministry officials, acting permanent secretary for Lands and Mineral Resources Filimone Kau and Commissioner Northern Lieutenant- Colonel Inia Seruiratu. Lieutenant- Colonel Seruiratu also handed over a cheque of $101,930 as premium and lease payment to the mataqali Nalutu. -
448 the Contemporary Pacific • 22:2 (2010)
448 the contemporary pacific • 22:2 (2010) Widjojo, Muridan. 2009. Negotiating projects, Sir Michael left Enga earlier the Past and Looking to the Future. than expected. (One PNG kina [k1] Inside Indonesia 98 (Oct–Dec). http:// equals approximately us$.37.) The insideindonesia.org/content/view/1269/47/ Joint District Planning and Budget Widjojo, Muridan, editor. 2009. Papua Priorities Committee was to coordi- Road Map: Negotiating the Past, Improv- nate the spending, which caused some ing the Present and Securing the Future. controversy. Sir Michael was offended Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. by comments made by Enga Governor Peter Ipatas, who questioned the capa- bilities of the committee to account for millions of kina given to them. Ipatas Papua New Guinea questioned why the funds were going The government of Prime Minister Sir to committees instead of going to the Michael Somare is pulling through in established provincial government spite of the scandals that plagued the system (Post Courier, 2 March 2009). government in 2008 and is likely to The government also faced a num- successfully complete its full second ber of challenges as it clung tightly term (2007–2012) in Parliament, to power in its endeavor to set a new provided that there is no major shift in record of successfully completing a allegiance and a vote of no confidence second term. On 28 July 2009, the does not dissolve the government Opposition brought a no-confidence in the next two years. Prime Min- motion against the prime minister. The ister Somare announced during the leader of Government Business and country’s thirty-fourth independence Minister for National Planning Paul anniversary that he will not step down Tiensten responded with a motion to as prime minister until Papua New adjourn Parliament until 10 Novem- Guinea gets back on the right track ber, even though there was a full (Post Courier, 17 Sept 2009). -
Papua New Guinea in the SUPREME COURT of JUSTICE
Papua New Guinea IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE AT WAIGANI SC REF NO.3 OF 2011 BETWEEN: REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CONSTITUTION SECTION 19 AND: REFERENCE BY THE EAST SEPIK PROVINCAL EXECUTIVE -Referor- AND: HON. DR ALLAN MARAT, MP as the Minister for Justice and Attorney General -First Intervenor- AND: HON. JEFFERY NAPE MP, as Speaker of Parliament -Second Intervenor- AND: THE OMBUDSMAN COMMISSION OF PAPUA EW GUINEA -Third Intervenor- AND: HON. SAM ABAL MP -Fourth Intervenor- AND: HON. PETER O'NEILL MP, as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea -Fifth Intervenor- AND: HON . BELDEN NAMAH MP, as the Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea -Sixth Intervenor- i AND: NATIONAL ALLIANCE INC. -Seventh Intervenor- AND: GRAND CHIEF SIR MICHAEL SOMARE MP -Eighth Intervenor- Waigani: Injia, CJ; Salika Dep.CJ; Sakora, Kirriwom & Gavara-Nanu JJ 2011: December 12th Special Reference (s 19 (3)(b) of the Constitution – Removal of Prime Minister – Appointment of Prime Minister – Removal of Member of Parliament for absence on three consecutive sittings of Parliament- Constitution, s 142, s 104, s 135. FACTS Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare was absent from the country and in Singapore from 24th March 2011 to 26th August 2011 for medical treatment. During that time there were 3 meetings of the Parliament in May June and August. Sir Michael had leave of the Parliament to be absent from the May meeting. On 2nd August 2011 Parliament passed a motion declaring that there was a vacancy in the office of Prime Minister and immediately thereafter elected the Hon Peter O’Neill as Prime Minister. -
21. Em Inap Nau
21. Em Inap Nau Inside Story: Current Affairs and Culture from Australia and Beyond (21 Sep. 2011). ‘Em inap nau …’ (‘That’s enough now …’) – Lady Veronica Somare’s plea to her husband, the PNG prime minister, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, before he left for a heart operation in Singapore. She went on to say in Tok Pisin, ‘Let the young do the work’ (National, 14 June 2011). By the end of January 2011 the politics of Papua New Guinea appeared to have reached an impasse. For health, age and legal reasons, and because he was unwilling to stand again in the coming 2012 general elections, Michael Somare, the dominant political figure since independence, seemed unlikely to continue long in office. But among the contenders to assume the prime ministership, none had commanding personal authority or stood in an undisputed line of succession. Replacing Sir Michael was only one problem for a nation on the edge of billions in resource development income and with courts and a media struggling to make sense of parliamentary and party manoeuvres. Nine months later, the situation was no clearer. Sir Michael, hospitalised in Singapore, ‘was retired’, the acting prime minister was displaced, the constitution came under close scrutiny and – at what seemed like the eleventh hour – an unexpected figure returned to parliament in a wheelchair. As is often the case in Papua New Guinea (as I wrote in my previous report for Inside Story), unfolding events have continued to unfold. Endemic corruption and violence mean that Port Moresby is perceived to be one of the world’s least desirable cities. -
Political Reviews
Political Reviews 7KH5HJLRQLQ5HYLHZ,QWHUQDWLRQDO,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV nic maclellan 0HODQHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV david chappell, jon fraenkel, solomon kantha, muridan s widjojo 7KH&RQWHPSRUDU\3DFL²F9ROXPH1XPEHU¥ E\8QLYHUVLW\RI+DZDL©L3UHVV 351 0HODQHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV Fiji continuously since the abrogation of the constitution in April 2009. The In Fiji, 2012 was a year of raised and announcement was welcomed by local then repeatedly dashed expectations. civil society organizations as well as In January, brief euphoria greeted the by the United Nations, the Common- dropping of public emergency regula- wealth, Australia, and New Zealand. tions, but stiff controls were promptly Yet, within days, a new Public Order reinstated several days later. In March, (Amendment) Decree 2012 had been hopes for a relatively smooth restora- introduced that revived many of the tion of the rule of law and reason- key provisions of martial law, includ- ably free elections before September ing police powers to prohibit meet- 2014 were greatly encouraged both at ings, impose travel bans, and under- home and abroad when Yash Ghai—a take house arrests, as well as military former United Nations (UN) envoy powers to assume the roles of police to Cambodia—was appointed by the and prison officers (Fiji government interim government to head the sched- 2012a). This was the first of many uled Fiji Constitution Commission incidents in 2012 in which the interim (fcc). Yet by the year’s end, military government appeared nonchalant commander and Prime Minister Frank about its own propaganda gains and Bainimarama had fallen out with Yash reluctant to capitalize on any potential Ghai and had declared the govern- for re-legitimization. -
Wantok Namba 1957.Pdf
Namba 1957 Februeri 23 - 29, 2012 40 pes Niuspepa Bilong Yumi Ol PNG Stret! K1 tasol SEVIM: Ol sumatin bi- long Kikori Sekonderi Sevim Pik Nus trausel.... skul long Galp Provins I bungim ol ripot data long wanpela kain trausel, em Pik Nus Trausel, we ol i karimaut sevei o wok painim long ol ples we ol dispela trausel i save karim ol kiau long en. Poto I soim ol sumatin i painim ol nupela pikinini Pik Nus Trausel i bruk na kamaut long Wara Wau long Kikori. I nogat planti long ol dispela kain trausel i stap long wol tude na PNG LNG Projek i wok wantaim ol komyuniti long Galp provins long sevim ol dispela Pik Nus Trausel. Poto: Carla Eisem- berg, Institut bilong Aplait Ikoloji, Kenbera Yunivesiti, Australia. Ritim moa stori long Pik Nus Trausel long pes 8... Abal na MarapeAja Alex lusim Potabe i raitim stap Somare yet long namel sia bilong palamen. Abal, husat i bin stap deputi praim min- TUPELA Memba bilong Palamen, ista bilong bipo gavman bilong Somare, husat i bin stap strong long sapotim na ekting praim minista taim Gren Sif i bin Gren Sif Se Michael Somare, i lusim go haus sik long Singapore, i joinim Nesenel Alaiens (NA) bilong em pinis. Dame Carol Kidu hap aste tasol , na Wankain taim, Palamen Spika Jeffrey kisim nupela sia bilong en long Palamen Nape i tokim ol arapela memba husat i haus olsem Deputi Oposisen Lida. sindaun long namel sia long joinim gav- Marape i bin stap Edukesen Minista man o oposisen bikos i no gutpela long ol aninit long Somare, na wanpela taim em i sindaun olsem yet taim palamen i gat i bin stap ekting deputi lida bilong NA gavman na oposisen i stap. -
Political Reviews
Political Reviews 7KH5HJLRQLQ5HYLHZ,QWHUQDWLRQDO,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV nic maclellan 0HODQHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV david chappell, jon fraenkel, solomon kantha, muridan s widjojo 7KH&RQWHPSRUDU\3DFL²F9ROXPH1XPEHU¥ E\8QLYHUVLW\RI+DZDL©L3UHVV 351 political reviews melanesia 403 Rule of Law and Human Rights in Papua, stitutional and leadership crisis in the 2012). Unpublished nongovernmental history of the country. The crisis put organization report. to test the thirty-seven-year-old consti- Majalah Selangkah.com. tution, challenged the principle of the http://majalahselangkah.com/ separation of powers among the three MediaIndonesia.com. arms of government (executive, leg- http://www.mediaindonesia.com/ islative, and judicial), and shook the foundations of the Westminster system Merdeka.com. http://www.merdeka.com/ of government adopted by Papua New Papua Pos Nabire. Papua Pos Lokal Guinea. Additionally, business houses Network. http://papuaposnabire.com/ and landowners around the Lique- Pasific Post. Daily. Jayapura. Online at fied Natural Gas (lng) project area http://www.pasificpost.com/ warned that if the impasse between the two groups claiming to be the Radar Sorong, Cenderawasih Pos Lokal Network. http://www.radarsorong.com/ legitimate government continued, it could negatively impact investor Suara Papua. http://suarapapua.com/ confidence and the economy at a time Suara Pembaruan (Voice of Renewal). when the lng project was at its peak Daily. Jakarta. Online at construction phase (Post-Courier, http://www.suarapembaruan.com/ 19 Dec 2011). Tabloid Jubi Online: An Alternative Media Fortunately, 2012 was an election in Tanah Papua. http://tabloidjubi.com/ year, which meant that Parliament was dissolved and political incumbents Tribunnews.com. http://www.tribunnews .com/ had to re-contest their seats. -
Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972 – 2012
Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972 – 2012 Terence Wood The Development Policy Centre The Australian National University Papua New Guinea election results 1972-2012 Terence Wood Terence Wood is a Research Fellow at the Development Policy Centre. This book is an update produced on 27/3/17. The Development Policy Centre is a research unit at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. For more information on the Development Policy Centre, visit http://devpolicy.anu.edu.au/ Citation: Wood, T 2017, Papua New Guinea election results 1972-2012, The Development Policy Centre, Canberra. To access the data that this report is based on visit http://devpolicy.org/pngelections/ Acknowledgements I would like to thank the Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission, Jon Fraenkel, Bill Standish, Colin Filer, Ron May, David Hegarty and Nicole Haley for sharing election data and/or offering advice. I am also grateful to Tatia Currie, Wilma Gillies and Salwa Dastgeer for research assistance. I owe thanks to Jack Corbett, the State Society and Governance in Melanesia program, and the Centre for Democratic Institutions for early support. I am particularly grateful to Professor Stephen Howes and Michael Cookson of the Development Policy Centre for their enthusiastic support of the project. The Development Policy Centre gratefully acknowledges funding from the Australian Aid Program in support of the ANU- UPNG partnership. About This document contains a table of available election results for general elections held in Papua New Guinea between 1972 and 2012. It is drawn from the Development Policy Centre’s Papua New Guinea Election Results Database.