Look who’s talking – Foreign media.
By PNG Echo. The failed state of PNG proclaimed the headline of Australian ’boutique’ publication The Saturday Paper, (its author, Mike Seccombe) This is opinion and, in my opinion, it is tainted opinion. It’s a melange of the same old sources, saying the same old thing, displaying a nostalgic longing for a time passed when Papua New Guinea was ‘get rich and get out’ country unimpeded by governments who were far more malleable than this one. Take the headline – incorrect: the very first indication of a failed state is when the government loses control of its disciplinary forces. That hasn’t Continue reading Look who’s talking – Foreign media.
