Source: The National

A COMMUNITY leader on Lihir Island, in New Ireland, says the leaders should now be focused on sustaining the economy after the mine closes.

Lihir Island hosts one of the world’s largest and richest mining projects in being developed by Newcrest Mining Limited.

Me'ekamui Government of Unity

Citizens of Bougainville.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MEEKAMUI GOVERNEMTN OF UNITY PRESIDENT PHILIIP MIRIORI

All citizens of Bougainville, I ask you all to mobilise and meet tomorrow morning, Friday 8 August 2014, at 9.30am at the ABG Parliament to STOP THE BCL THEFT OF BOUGAINVILLE.

The Mining Bill drafted by the Australian Tony Regan simply hands back to RIO/BCL the entire Panguna Mine effective immediately with no of compensation.

Source: Radio New Zealand

The director of Papua New Guinea's Institute of National Affairs says a plan to sell betelnut in packaged form in Port Moresby could create a whole new set of problems.

Source: Mine Watch

The Constitutional and Law Reform Commission has made a series of recommendations for changes to the law as it affects the management and disposal of mine tailings.

The recommendations are contained in a Draft Report (which can be downloaded below - 650kb) on which the Commission welcomes submissions

The Commission says submissions are welcome from a broad cross-section of the community, as well as those with a special interest in the inquiry.

Source: Dr Roman Grynberg

Source: EMTV

The Constitutional and Law Reform Commission is pushing for a ban on deep sea and river tailings placement in Papua New Guinea.

These two proposals were amongst the 19 recommendations that have been drafted and will be presented to the Minister for Justice and Attorney General, for perusal and cabinet approval.

Source: Online Editor

Small island nations in the Pacific are concerned about the future of their development progress as negotiations for the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations — better known as PACER-Plus — inch closer to completion.

Aid and trade watchdogs consulted by Devex fear the scheme will not bring equal benefits to stakeholders.

Source: Free West Papua Campaign

On 17th July 2014, hundreds to thousands of people outside the local Indonesian Parliament office in Timika, West Papua, peacefully protested for an independence referendum and for the release of the scores West Papuan political prisoners who continue to be held behind bars by the Indonesian government.

"... joint statement on the failure of the World Bank's draft safeguards to protect land rights and prevent impoverishment was just sent to the Committee on Development Effectiveness and other Executive Directors, with 111 signatories from around the world.  We will be sending out a media statement shortly - please help to spread it widely to journalists and social media..."