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Persistent governance failures across District Development Authorities

On 19 Aug, 2025 By ACTNOW

ACT NOW! PNG has released its second annual District Development Authority Watch Report, covering the period July 2024 to June 2025.

The findings reveal entrenched failures in transparency, accountability, and citizen engagement across Papua New Guinea’s 96 District Development Authorities (DDAs). This is despite rising government investment of public funds through service improvement and infrastructure grants totaling almost K2 billion a year.

Persistent governance failures across PNG's District Development Authorities

On 19 Aug, 2025 By Cathy Tukne

ACT NOW! PNG has released its second annual District Development Authority Watch Report, covering the period July 2024 to June 2025.

DDA Watch Report 2025

Defending Customary Land and Sustainable Livelihoods: A Call to Reject Seabed Mining in Papua New Guinea

On 11 Jun, 2025 By Cathy Tukne

Panguna mine in Bougainville (2022) PC: Island Business Pacific News

Cathy Tukne | Information Coordinator

Trade data analysis reinforces claims of huge log export pricing fraud

On 29 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides evidence Papua New Guinea could be missing out on billions of Kina in taxes and royalties from the logging industry.

UNODC report reveals US$1.5 billion hole in PNG’s log export income

On 29 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

A new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals a US$1.5 billion discrepancy in the pricing of log exports from Papua New Guinea.

The report is based on a ‘mirror analysis’ of official trade data from PNG and the Republic of China, which is the primary destination for PNG log exports.

New report demands urgent action on FCA logging scandal

On 13 May, 2025 By ACTNOW

A new report on logging in Papua New Guinea calls for urgent action by authorities in PNG and overseas to address long standing issue related to illegal logging, human rights abuses and environmental harm.

SLAPP: New Threat to Media and Freedom in PNG

On 05 May, 2025 By Eddie Tanago

By Eddie Tanago

World Press Freedom Day is observed every year to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to uphold and maintain freedom of expression.

Papua New Guinea is one tough environment to be a journalist or an advocate for good governance and human rights. PNG is riddled with corruption that has grown tentacles into every sphere of life and trying to expose it can mean facing death threats and expensive lawsuits.

ACT NOW! welcomes funding support to DIRD

On 24 Apr, 2025 By Eddie Tanago

Commentary by ACT NOW!

ACT NOW! welcomes the recent government announcement of extra funding support to the Department of Implementation and Rural Development (DIRD) to allow physical inspection of district projects funded under the Service Improvement Program. But ACT NOW says the department must be transparent about which projects get inspected and the inspection reports must be made public for transparency and accountability purposes.

Ombudsman urged to act on missing district acquittals

On 01 Apr, 2025 By ACTNOW

ACT NOW is urging the Ombudsman Commission to act decisively as the 31st March deadline passes for Districts to submit their Service and Infrastructure Improvement Program acquittals.

The Ombudsman Commission should immediately publish a list of Districts that have failed to comply with the deadline and to take action under the Leadership Code against those leaders who have defaulted.

Continued inaction will erode public trust and enable the misuse of billions of Kina in public funds.

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