The Bank of Papua New Guinea warns of economic risks, while Brazil provides some pointers to the employment of more women in the workforce.
In brief
The week’s business news in summary. In Brief is sourced from a variety of Papua New Guinea and international media outlets as a service to our readers. Business Advantage PNG makes no claim for the veracity of third party sources.
Violence in Papua New Guinea gets wide international coverage but, closer to home, Australian media focuses on some good news stories.
Jo Chandler catches TB in Papua New Guinea, Australian police investigate PNG money laundering, NZ diplomat’s posthumous attack and more international stories.
The Papua New Guinea’s PM’s is welcomed in Jakarta, Philippines airline wants to fly to PNG, Dongwon considers the Solomons, and other international stories.
Time magazine looks at PNG’s sorcery killings, the Wall street looks at ExxonMobil’s ‘PNG gas grab’, submarine cables link Tonga and Vanuatu to Fiji and new PNG investment in Samoa.
The PNG parliament’s decision to toughen sentences for serious crimes evokes widespread coverage
Social media is increasingly influencing Papua New Guinea politicians; a warning that government revenues may fall amid a resources downturn; and more.
Thoughts on why so many Australian ministers to visit PNG recently, closer trade ties with Indonesia loom, and Vanuatu’s new PM discusses changing the status quo.
There’s been plenty of international media coverage of last week’s visit by the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to PNG … this and other international stories
Sri Lanka praises PNG for not criticising CHOGM venue, PNG’s PM to raise visa issue with Gillard later this week, a 3rd Malaysian company considers investing in PNG’s palm oil industry, a call for Woodside to take over Oil Search and what on earth are ‘disruptive technologies’?