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IRC Exec Defends Tax Holidays

by Patrick Paniwa Sakal & Gynnie Kero

TAX concessions for mining, oil and gas were given under the tax law, a well-placed source in Internal Revenue Commission said.

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Tax Holidays Worrisome

By MALUM NALU

GENEROUS tax concessions given to mining and gas companies are contributing to low government revenue per capita, according to Asian Development Bank country economist Aaron Batten.

He said the average effective tax on PNG’s mining, oil and gas companies was now on the low side of fiscal regimes across the world

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Remembering another PNG Defence Force call out

The International State Crime Initiative’s Dr Kristian Lasslett draws on his research into the Bougainville conflict to analyse the government’s recent decision to deploy PNGDF troops in the Southern Highlands.

It is almost twenty three years ago to the day, since the PNGDF was sent to Bougainville by Papua New Guinea’s National Executive Council. They were deployed to help the RPNGC restore law and order, following an anti-mine uprising.

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The theft and waste of public money in Papua New Guinea's Public Enterprises

Mekere Morauta, Minister for Public Enterprises

When the O’Neill-Namah Government took over from the Somare regime in early August, I was given the task of sorting out the mess which had been created among all of the state owned enterprises by the former Minister for Public Enterprises, the (currently suspended) Member for Angoram, Arthur Somare. 

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