The Californian-based Neptune Pacific Line has agreed to buy a 50 per cent controlling interest in the Pacific Forum Line from the Samoan government.
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Samoa sells 50% of Pacific Forum Line
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Solomon Islands businesses counting the cost of devastating flood
9 Apr 2014 by Leave a Comment
While businesses are open again in the centre of Honiara, Solomon Islands, after last week’s devastating floods, transport appears to be the main problem facing business owners.
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Australia’s relations with Papua New Guinea and the Pacific under the Abbott Government
17 Sep 2013 by Leave a Comment
There's a new Liberal-National Coalition government in Canberra, led by Tony Abbott. Jenny Hayward-Jones considers the implications for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific.
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Progress on Papua New Guinea’s national broadband network
12 Sep 2013 by
Construction of Papua New Guinea’s national broadband network is progressing, with major milestones set be reached by mid 2015, according to technology consultant Sundar Ramamurthy, who is assisting the PNG government’s Independent Public Business Corporation on the project.
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ANZ revises PNG’s growth forecast upwards
21 Aug 2013 by
While reduced global commodity prices are having a major impact on Papua New Guinea government revenues this year, there are ‘incipient signs of a turnaround’, according to data published in the latest ANZ Pacific Quarterly, released this week.
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Five questions for … Tim Harcourt, the ‘Airport Economist’
20 Aug 2013 by
We put five quick questions to international economist Tim Harcourt, who will visit Papua New Guinea next month for the 2013 Papua New Guinea Advantage investment summit.
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Melbourne–Noumea flights to start, as New Caledonia gets serious about tourism
19 Feb 2014 by Leave a Comment
New Caledonia’s tourism industry finally seems intent on fulfilling its tremendous potential, as new high-end properties open and direct flights to Melbourne are launched.
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Annual Australia-Fiji business forum held in Brisbane
31 Jul 2013 by
For the first time since Fiji’s 2006 coup, the annual Australia-Fiji Business Forum was held in Australia earlier this week.
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Seventy Papua New Guinea delegates at Solomon Islands’ trade fair
31 Jul 2013 by
More than 70 business delegates representing 53 Papua New Guinea companies from various industries are participating in a trade show in the Solomon Islands this week.
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Will Manus Island deal benefit business in Papua New Guinea?
25 Jul 2013 by 1 Comment
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O’Neill is adamant that businesses on Manus Island ‘will directly benefit’ from the asylum-seeker deal signed last week by himself and Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd. But some business leaders are sceptical.
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