Special Agriculture and Business Lease; SABL; Department of Lands; Commission of Inquiry. land grab

PNG leaders taking laid back stand on SABL findings

On 18 Oct, 2013 By Tim

Pasifika Wadrobe Media in Islands Business

Since the Commission of Inquiry into the Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) reports were tabled in Papua New Guinea parliament last month, members of parliament have taken a sloppy approach.

Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill when tabling the reports labelled the SABL policy as a miserable failure.

PNG watchdog fears controversial SABL leases will not be wiped

On 14 Oct, 2013 By Tim

Source: Radio New Zealand

Transparency International in Papua New Guinea fears the outcome of inquiries into the controversial Special Agricultural Business Leases will be ignored.

There has been wide criticism of the abuses of the SABL system and last month in parliament prime minister Peter O’Neill tabled a report from a commission of inquiry which detailed widespread corruption and mismanagement.

The report found the vast majority of the leases failed to secure consent of landowners.

SABL a failure in PNG

On 14 Oct, 2013 By Tim

By Joey Tau, Freelance Journalist Pacific Media

The Special Agriculture and Business Lease (SABL) concept has been labelled as a miserable failure to Papua New Guinea and its local landowners.

This was according to Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill when recently tabling final reports from the Commission of Inquiry into the SABL.

The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the SABL was established during the Somare-Abal Government when then Acting Prime Minister, Sam Abal, called for an inquiry back in 2011.

Prime Minister's statement to Parliament on SABL

On 20 Sep, 2013 By Tim

Statement by the Prime Minister Hon. Peter O”Neill CMG MP on the Report on the Commission of Inquiry into Special Agriculture and Business Leases

Mr Speaker, on the 21 July 2011, the then Acting Prime Minister Hon Sam Abal MP established a Commission of Inquiry into Special Agriculture and Business Leases.

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