SABL

PM promises to stop land grabs

On 16 Oct, 2012 By tok stret

From PACNEWS

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says he will do everything possible to protect his people and his country from irregular land dealings.

The comments come in response to the scandal surrounding the issuing Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABLs).

“We have made some fundamental mistakes over the past few years,” O'Neill told ABC Radio Australia.

“One of them is the Special Agricultural and Business Leases that has been given out by government over the past few years.”

PM admits SABL land grab a mistake

On 15 Oct, 2012 By tok stret

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has admitted the SABL land grab in which control of more than 5 million hectares of land was seized from customary people was a fundamental mistake by the government

Speaking on Radio Australia's Background Briefing program Mr O'Neill said the government had made "some fundamental mistakes over the past few years".

PM Promises to Protect Public Interest

On 15 Oct, 2012 By Klaireh

via Radio Australia

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, says he will do everything possible to protect the interests of his people from irregular land dealings.

SABL Report to be Presented Soon

On 12 Oct, 2012 By Klaireh

Source: The National

AN interim report on the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Special Agriculture Business Leases (SABL) will be presented to cabinet and the prime minister at the end of this month, a lawyer said. Alois Jerewai, one of the three commissioners inquiring into SABLs, said yesterday in a statement that the final report was expected to be released a few weeks after the interim report.

Land Leasing an issue in Vanuatu too

On 25 Sep, 2012 By Klaireh

Does this report from Vanuatu in the Vanuatu Dailey Digest sound sickeningly familiar to you?

Oro SABL queried

On 14 Sep, 2012 By rait man

By Jacob Pok (Post Courier)

The Collingwood Bay people of Oro Province have supported the call by National Research Institute director, Dr Thomas Webster, to stop the continuous granting of Special Agriculture Business Leases (SABL).

They want clarifications on the recent granting of SABLs on portion 143C and 113C in the Collingwood Bay area in Oro Province.

World's Largest Butterfly Disappearing From Papua New Guinea Rainforests

On 31 Jul, 2012 By Klaireh

by Mark Straton

PNG Commission Told of Land Thefts

On 31 Jul, 2012 By Klaireh With 1 Comments

by Jemima Garrett

Millions of hectares of customary land in Papua New Guinea has been stolen as a result of agricultural and business leases approved by the government, a report by Greenpeace has found.

SABL Commission of Inquiry Transcripts - February 2012

On 23 Jun, 2012 By rait man

John Numapo (Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Special Purpose Agriculture and Business Leases) has said in an interview with Radio Australia that the Final Commission of Inquiry report is almost ready to be released. The report with the recommendations will be handed to whoever is the Prime Minister after the current elections, he says.

SABL Commission of Inquiry Transcripts - December 2011

On 22 Jun, 2012 By rait man With 1 Comments

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