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What to do if you have a commercial dispute in Papua New Guinea

12 Feb 2013 by Leave a Comment
Regardless of your field of business in Papua New Guinea, you need to know what to do when there is a dispute over a contract. Veteran commercial disputes lawyer, Erik Andersen, looks at the major avenues for dispute resolution in PNG. The rapid increase in economic activity in PNG over the last several years has […]
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The O’Neill Government: the first three months

21 Nov 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the new O’Neill Government’s first National Budget released just yesterday, Paul Barker assesses the prospects for business under PNG’s new Government. Since its election in August 2012, the Government led by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has sent a mixed bag of messages to business, while its policy positions are being consolidated. However, the Prime […]
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Perspectives on Papua New Guinea

1 May 2012 by
Business leaders provide their own take on opportunities in PNG’s economy. Greg Pawson, General Manager Pacific Banking, Westpac ‘Papua New Guinea is a very important market for us. We employ more than 400 staff across our PNG business. We have sixteen branches and we’re expanding, with new business centres in Lae and Port Moresby. We’re about to relocate our main […]
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Ok Tedi’s Nigel Parker on social responsibility in mining

1 May 2012 by
Nigel Parker, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML), shares his thoughts on corporate social responsibility, mine life extension and what it means to lead a major mining company in a global market. I first came to Papua New Guinea in 2001. At the time, I had residential status in […]
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PNG: overcoming the challenges

1 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
As Business Advantage’s PNG 100 CEO Survey reveals, leading companies are performing exceptionally in spite of facing an array of severe impediments. We take a closer look at some of the daily challenges faced by companies doing business in Papua New Guinea and find out how they are overcoming them. At the beginning of 2011, […]
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PNG’s infrastructure challenge

1 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea requires significant investment in infrastructure. Deloitte’s Lutz Heim examines the opportunities and challenges in this sector. PNG’s infrastructure needs a substantial and urgent upgrade, in anticipation of increased stress and after a number of years of underinvestment, particularly during the lean years before 2004, and this is recognised by government and business […]
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The inside view: Alan McLay

1 May 2011 by Leave a Comment
Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Alan McLay provides a personal view of Papua New Guinea’s agricultural potential. While mineral and gas production are travelling very well at the moment, it has long been realised that agriculture is the real future of Papua New Guinea. Before mining, agriculture provided PNG’s economic backbone, initially with […]
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Earning a social licence to operate

1 May 2011 by Leave a Comment
PNG veteran Peter Botten, Managing Director of Oil Search Limited, talks about the importance of engagement at a community level in Papua New Guinea. There are few regions of the world where the operating environment is as complex and dynamic as it is in PNG. While most operators appreciate the importance of maintaining a social […]
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