More police, prosecutors and magistrates, including some brought in temporarily from other Commonwealth countries, are key components of law and order reforms being pursued by Papua New Guinea’s government, according to Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso.
No quick fix to Papua New Guinea’s law and order issues but reforms are under way, says Deputy Prime Minister
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Opinion: Seven key challenges facing Papua New Guinea … and how to tackle them (part 1)
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2 May 2016 by 4 Comments
There are many challenges facing Papua New Guinea but which are the most critical to address first? In the first of a two-part series, Jenny Hayward-Jones outlines seven key issues that confront the nation’s emerging leaders. In the second part, she identifies which areas to target first. Trying to solve all of them at the same time, she believes, will not deliver the progress Papua New Guineans expect.
Security in Papua New Guinea moving beyond ‘Guards, Gates and Guns’ says Black Swan’s Kelly
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27 Aug 2015 by 6 Comments
The CEO of expanding security firm Black Swan International believes a successful long-term approach to security involves decreasing risk, decreasing costs and increasing productivity. Brian Kelly spoke to Business Advantage PNG.
Australia will send police to Papua New Guinea and make it easier for Papua New Guinean visitors
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17 Jul 2013 by 2 Comments
Australia will send up to 50 police officers to Papua New Guinea by the end of the year to help tackle the country’s growing law and order problem. The deal is one of a series of agreements arising from the 21-hour visit to Papua New Guinea this week by Australia’s Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to meet his PNG counterpart, Peter O’Neill.
Australian Prime Minister flies in to Papua New Guinea to talk business, law and order, and health
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14 Jul 2013 by
Closer economic engagement with Far North Queensland, law and order, and health will be on the agenda when Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visits Papua New Guinea today. Rudd will be the second Australian Prime Minister to visit PNG in the past two months, following former PM Julia Gillard’s visit in May.
Private sector in Papua New Guinea deeply concerned about law and order: survey
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The Institute of National Affairs’ (INA) five-yearly survey of businesses in Papua New Guinea shows that once again law and order stands out as the private sector’s top concern, closely followed by corruption.
Around the world: more grisly headlines overshadow positive international coverage of Papua New Guinea
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3 Jul 2013 by
Violence in Papua New Guinea gets wide international coverage but, closer to home, Australian media focuses on some good news stories.
Around the world: ‘Time’ magazine looks at sorcery killings and other international stories
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11 Jun 2013 by
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.
‘Life’ sentences for white-collar crime in Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea has passed new laws increasing the penalties for white-collar crime, as it revived the death penalty for crimes such as aggravated rape, pack rape, or where the victim is a child under 10 years of age.
Around the world: Papua New Guinea’s war on crime reaches New York Times and other international stories
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4 Jun 2013 by
The PNG parliament’s decision to toughen sentences for serious crimes evokes widespread coverage
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