In nearly 50 years, PNG has elected just seven female MPs. Money, culture and corruption are all working against the women trying to address the problem
China accuses Australia of COVID-19 vaccine sabotage in the Pacific By PNG correspondent Natalie Whiting, Marian Faa and Annika Burgess
The Australian government has denied accusations it has been sabotaging China s aid programs with Pacific nations and using political manipulation to interfere in COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the region.
Articles in Chinese state-owned media this week claim Australia has been planting consultants in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to obstruct the authorisation of Chinese-supplied vaccines.
The Global Times said it had learned exclusively from sources that Australia had been racking its brain to undermine China s vaccine cooperation with Pacific Island countries, even accusing Australian authorities of threatening PNG officials.
PNG POLL PREDICTIONS - BY THE EXPERTS Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/10/2002 - 00:00
By Colin Taimbari
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 7, 2002 - The National/PINA Nius Online) -Vote buying will prevail during polling. There will be election related violence in parts of the country. Ethnic and linguistic lines may influence a certain percentage of voting and women candidates will struggle again.
These are the general observations by senior political science lecturers at the University of Papua New Guinea, looking ahead to this month s Papua New Guinea general elections.
They were revealed to journalists at a news conference in Port Moresby.