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As a young citizen of this country, where the innocent bulk of its population is suffering, I see not even a single head is transparent as a leader for the people which defines the name servant. The working class is being double dipped in tax levy, from the wages to the GST for simple daily household rice and tinned fish. Why are we punished for this we never did and know about. I have been working in the private sector (construction industry) after technician college most of my life and see and feel this is unfair. Those white-collar crimes within our government coffers are really hard to break and crack down as nearly everyone is implicated and systematically rooted. I personally pray and call the Governor of East Sepik, The Honorable Allan Bird to intervene and take the lead in the opposition if there is likely to be a change of government.

Wisdom has been presented for this nation.

You are very vocal about what the country is facing. We need your leadership as PM to run this country bring it back to track where Somare has left.

I am interested. Let me know when will the application open again.

An interesting article and an important topic to discuss. In regard to PNG, a major issue you fail to mention is the astronomically high domestic airfare costs which is crippling both domestic tourism and businesses trying to operate here. It is literally cheaper to get an international flight to any other destination in the Pacific from Australia or New Zealand, than it is to buy a single one-way domestic ticket to most of the main centres in PNG. Just last month we saw Air Niugini announce a 15%-25% increase on economy fares, which only takes domestic fares to even greater heights. PNG has simply become a very expensive place to visit both for business and as a tourist. This is all without even mentioning how unreliable air services have become in PNG. As both a tourist or a business worker there is a high chance your flight will be cancelled, resulting in you missing all your international connections and being left stranded for a week in a provincial centre (I can say this as it has happened to me on more than one occasion). It is hard to see how PNG can lift the tourism industry when flights have become so expensive and unreliable....

Hi Sarah Go to www.pev.gov.au. Each country page has an email address to enable those selected in the ballot to contact their local PEV Support Service team. Or email employment@pevsupport.gov.au to directly engage the Australian based employment matching team. Good luck! Stephen

Since I am catching a late flight here. It's already passed the due date. Will they have another intake in the future?

Very informative information.

Hi Stephen, Thankyou for response to the same query I also had regarding the job offer requirement. Are you able to provide more info regarding the Australian government matching service you've mentioned. How can we get in contact with them please?

Hi Just wanted to know when will the PEV ballot draw? Any information will be highly appreciated.

Hi Dr. Amanda and Team. Thank you for the research and information you have provided. whilst the reasons and drivers for the retail prices is clear to me your research is inconclusive of what could have driven the price reductions. In the past, I had argued that retail price reduction would be driven by retail competition. The CS2 and KSCN I believe have had an impact on reduction of a major barrier to entry into the mobile market which is the need for huge capital expenditure up front to build transmission networks across the country. The fact remains that DataCo had initially reduced prices in the past with little or no consequential reductions from Digicel or Telikom. However with the entry of Vodafone and increased competition, we have seen price reductions from both Telikom and Digicel. Your research also concludes that it is inconclusive as Digicel was also acquired by Telstra around the same period. I would request that since Telstra had acquired Digicel Pacific which is not only in the PNG Market, the research should also see other markets to understand how Telstra acquisition affected the other markets that Digicel/Telstra is now in. Further, if the Digicel acquisition did have an impact on the price reduction, I cannot understand how that acquisition would affect the Telikom Price Reduction that happened in the same period. The common driver to me is the increased competition. Further, whilst your research monitors prepaid services, I also not that Digicel has just recently increased their prost paid services under the Telstra Management. I look forward to your ongoing updates on the mobile market. Ebu Gomana

Hi I'm very interested in this information.