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Vale The Right Honourable Sir Mekere Morauta KCMG.
The President, Executive Committee and members of the Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council are deeply saddened at the passing of the Right Honourable Sir Mekere Morauta KCMG in Brisbane on 19 December 2020. Sir Mekere spent his lifetime in leadership...
New Work Permit Application Fees Effective 1 January 2021
The Papua New Guinea Department of Labour and Industrial Relations (DLIR) have issued a public notice confirming that the new work Permit Application fees Approved and Gazetted by the Department of Finance in May, 2020 will take effect as of January 1, 2021. Below is...
Building and Construction Contractors Wanted – Vanuatu
Council member Reeves International has been awarded the contract to deliver major infrastructure upgrades at the Cook and Tiroas Barracks in both Port Vila and Luganville in 2021. Reeves is looking for local contractors to work on the project with an expected start...
Pacer PLUS: Why It Matters Now
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus – or PACER Plus – entered into force on 13 December, marking the start of a new journey in which parties will determine and co-deliver their own priorities for increasing trade across the Pacific. In this ANU...
Cyclone Yasa Strikes Fiji
Between 16 and 18 December Cyclone Yasa, a Category 5 system, crossed Fiji in a south easterly direction starting in the Yasawas, crossing Vanua Levu with significant damage in Bua and proceeding then to Lomaiviti and Lau. At 6 a .m. the Fiji Roads Authority reported...
ANZ Pacific Insight: Fiji’s Economic Recovery, Question of How Many Visitors
Fiji’s tourism industry has been hit hard by COVID-19 induced border closures. In the note here ANZ: Defines the importance of the tourism sector to Fiji’s economy; Discusses some possible border reopening scenarios; and Concludes that under their baseline scenario of...
Pacific Islands Forum 2020 Biennial Pacific Sustainable Development Report
On 9 December 2020 the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, launched the 2020 Biennial Pacific Sustainable Development Report. The theme of this report is “Ensuring Pacific People’s well-being through the Blue Pacific identity, the...
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