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by JAMES PARAKISHAN Wobiro commented this week in the  media: "The first time I knew about the proposal for the State to take over the Ok Tedi Mine was when a Bill was presented to Parliament.” Comments to Martyn Namorong, son of WP, on EMTV on September 26 2013: “Well our view is that the changes have come at the right time. The mine has operated for over 30 years now and some things have worked, others have not, and it is now time to make changes, and so I welcome the change, I have been an integral part of the preparation towards this change.” Time to go to Cairns na hide lo tupla haus wantaim ol yangpla meri pamuk blo u. The government of PNG has demonstrated that it is incapable of safeguarding the funds of Non CMCA villages’(South Fly affected villages who didn’t sign the CMCA Agreement) being part of the compensation moneys paid by BHP/Oktedi, as a direct result of the Court case in Melbourne by Fly River Landowners. Certain funds being dividends from Oktedi were pa