theft of public money

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

On 25 Nov, 2011 By rait man

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.

Transparency International 'part of the corruption problem'

On 18 Nov, 2011 By rait man

From the PNG Exposed blog

Transparency International, which claims to be global watchdog on corruption, is in fact part of the corruption problem. TI misdirects attention away from many of the causes, beneficiaries and potential solutions to the theft of public monies.

TI labels countries like Papua New Guinea (currently ranked 154 out of 178 countries) as among the most corrupt while countries like Australia (currently ranked 8th) are lauded as among the least corrupt.

But scratch beneath the surface and what do we find?

Corruption... enough talk

On 18 May, 2011 By rait man

Post Courier editorial

  CORRUPTION ... It is the biggest problem facing Papua New Guinea. 

Former top cop and Ombudsman, John Toguata brought the issue up at yesterdays PNG-Australia Business Forum in Madang, not the first time he has done so and nor will this be the last. 

Search form