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Governor Allan Bird Demands Marape's Removal

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Governor Allan Bird Demands Marape's Removal Allan Bird, the governor of East Sepik, is speaking out against how Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being run. He's not happy with Prime Minister James Marape and wants things to change. Allan Bird is becoming a big voice in the opposition party. He's known for being honest and talking about the problems people care about, like bad government and lack of honesty. He says people are tired of the government's decisions. One of the things Allan Bird is criticizing is the Connect PNG program. This program is supposed to improve roads and other infrastructure across the country. But Allan Bird says the money isn't being used properly. He wants to know where the money is going and if it's really helping people. This raises questions about whether the government is being honest about how it spends money. Allan Bird's speech has started a big discussion about who should be leading PNG and how the country should be run. He...

PNG CUSTOMS EXCEEDS BUDGET PROJECTIONS BY K500 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE COLLECTIONS

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 PNG CUSTOMS EXCEEDS BUDGET PROJECTIONS BY K500 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE COLLECTIONS It gives me great pleasure to announce that PNG Customs Service collected K465 million plus (14%) in tax revenues in excess of its supplementary budget target of K3,077.78 million for fiscal year 2022 as at week ending 16th  December 2022. This figure also included log and fuel levies collected. This amount is set to increase up to more than K500 million in excess of the budget target when collections for the remaining two weeks are added. This is unprecedented and a great achievement for PNG Customs as it is the highest surplus revenue that Customs has ever collected to date in a single year compared to other years when Customs also exceeded revenue projections. We commenced the year with the theme ‘2022 The Year of Elevation’ aimed at sustaining and building on from the success in the 2021 financial year. This provided the impetus and drove us to achieve this great growth result. The K3,502.80...

Full speech: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Address to Papua New Guinea's Parliament

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