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Business Advantage PNG attended this week’s two-day Australia – Papua New Guinea Business Forum in Cairns. Here are some of our take-home observations from the annual event, which next year will take place in Lae, Morobe Province.

Cabinet considers a rise in the minimum wage, Australia to involve private sector in aid delivery, and Oil Search expects huge annual cashflow from LNG plant. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.

Despite cuts to foreign aid spending in this year’s Australian Federal budget, released this week, Papua New Guinea will gain an extra A$59 million (K155 million) and regional programmes also stand out as the beneficiaries from this year’s budget, according to analysts.

Business Advantage International and the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry have announced that the 4th Papua New Guinea Advantage investment summit will take place at the Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby, on 9 and 10 September 2014.

A new CEO for New Guinea Energy, while Mineral Resources Authority confirms position.

The mobile phone company set to become Papua New Guinea’s fourth mobile phone provider says it hopes to begin operations in the third quarter of 2014, targeting areas of the country where there is currently no coverage.

Study into limestone production in Simbu, PNG Power CEO reinstated and enquiry into coastal shipping costs. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.

PNG’s kina has continued to fall against its major trading currencies, and is now at levels below those of September 2013, following a brief rally in late 2013 and early 2014.

Canadian mining company Nautilus Minerals will accelerate its range of seabed mining projects across the Pacific, after finally signing a US$120 million (K336 million) agreement with the Papua New Guinea government to develop its Solwara 1 mining project in the Bismarck Sea.

New CEO for Newcrest Mining, a changing of the guard at Marengo Mining and a resignation from the board of Airlines PNG