Successes

July 2023: First ICAC Commissioners sworn in

On 05 Jul, 2023 By ACTNOW

The three new commissioners at their swearing in ceremony

The three Commissioners who will lead the newly created Independent Commission Against Corruption were finally sworn in on 4 July 2023, and will now start work. This historic event comes more than two-and-a-half years after the legislation to create the ICAC was passed by Parliament.

June 2023: Logging company to pay K140 million for tax evasion

On 27 Jun, 2023 By ACTNOW

The IRC has announced a major logging company is to pay K140 million in fines and back taxes after being investigated for illegal tax evasion.

May 2023: Paul Paraka convicted for K162 million fraud

On 30 May, 2023 By ACTNOW

Prominent lawyer Paul Paraka has been convicted of stealing K162 million from the State between 2007 and 2011.

The monies were paid by the Department of Finance to companies owned and operated by Paraka as part of an even bigger fraud that was first exposed in a Commission of Inquiry which reported in 2011.

Feb 2023: Moratorium on New Forest Clearance Authorities

On 27 Feb, 2023 By ACTNOW

The PNG Forest Authority has announced a twelve-month moratorium on the issuing of new Forest Clearance Authorities and an audit of all existing projects.

This is one of a series of demands made by ACT NOW! to the new Forest Minister to address the problems of illegal and unsustainable logging in Papua Nuew Guinea.

Oct 2022: Act Now completes deliver of 50,000 education and awareness materials

On 30 Oct, 2022 By ACTNOW

Photo: Presentation of education and awareness materials to the Michael Somare library at the Universtity of Papua New Guinea - April 2022.

On 12th October ACT NOW delivered 1,000 copies of 34 different education and awareness materials and reports to the National Research Institute library in Port Moresby.

This marked the sucessful conclusion of ACT NOW’s program of materials distribution for 2022.

June 2022: Banks move to stop financing of logging industry

On 30 Jun, 2022 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea’s two largest banks, Bank South Pacific (BSP) and Kina Bank have taken positive steps towards ending their financing for destructive forest logging.

May 2021: IRC to intensify scrutiny of logging company tax evasion

On 11 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

The IRC has signalled its intention to intensify scrutiny of the logging industry after it published a damning assessment of logging company tax evasion, transfer pricing and financial misreporting.

May 2021: Investigative Journalism Awards Launched

On 04 May, 2021 By ACTNOW

The Media Council of PNG, Transparency International and the European Union anounce the launch of the Investigative Journalsim Awards (photo: EU)

The Media Council of PNG in partnership with Transparency International PNG and the European Union have announced the launch of the Investigative Journalism Awards to support investigative journalist to investigate and expose issues involving corruption and the breakdown of governance.

Nov 2020: ICAC law passed

On 14 Nov, 2020 By ACTNOW

The law paving the way for the creation of an Independent Commission Against Corruption was finally passed by Parliament on 12 November 2020.

Feb 2020: Whistleblower Protection Law passed

On 19 Feb, 2020 By ACTNOW

A long awaited new law protecting employees who report corruption in the workplace was finally passed by Parliament on February 18 2020.

Unfortuantely, when the text of the new law was finally released some months later, it was revealed that the law is completely inadequate and 'unfit for purpose'.

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