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There once was a man named Peter O’Neill, With very dark skin yet an irish man’s name, Yes Peter once tried all that bisnis stuff too, But he never could pay his way, Chorus: Heads up, heads up for Peter O’Neill, he’s now the PM, ok? HOORAY for Peter O’Neill, O’Neill, he’s managed to have his way. --- Maladina and Peter, a dream team for sure! They took on the fund with the NPF name They cleaned it all up then they cleaned all out, Herman Leahy was helping, they say, (Repeat Chorus) A bladi success was that NPF theft, ‘cause they managed to hide it away, While Jimmy got fat, our poor Peter went broke, It was high time he learnt a new way. (Repeat Chorus) Nape plus Peter, a second team WOW! Somare would hate them but where is he now? The door is wide open and Peter’s walked through, Scheming and planning to get rich anew. (Repeat Chorus) Now Abal was honest, that’s not a good trait, In our PNG parliamentary circus of late, Peter promised them something, we still don’t know what, NA trai

There once was a man named Peter O’Neill, With very dark skin yet an irish man’s name, Yes Peter once tried all that bisnis stuff too, But he never could pay his way, Chorus: Heads up, heads up for Peter O’Neill, he’s now the PM, ok? HOORAY for Peter O’Neill, O’Neill, he’s managed to have his way. --- Maladina and Peter, a dream team for sure! They took on the fund with the NPF name They cleaned it all up then they cleaned all out, Herman Leahy was helping, they say, (Repeat Chorus) A bladi success was that NPF theft, ‘cause they managed to hide it away, While Jimmy got fat, our poor Peter went broke, It was high time he learnt a new way. (Repeat Chorus) Nape plus Peter, a second team WOW! Somare would hate them but where is he now? The door is wide open and Peter’s walked through, Scheming and planning to get rich anew. (Repeat Chorus) Now Abal was honest, that’s not a good trait, In our PNG parliamentary circus

As the sun sets on the career of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, what should be his swansong? Sir Michael, known as the father of the nation of Papua New Guinea, actively led the push for independence in the 1970s and for 43 years served the people of PNG in its parliament—18 of those as Prime Minister. He is the only PNG Prime Minister to have seen out a full parliamentary term—aided by the Organic Law on Political Parties and Candidates (OLIPPAC) that made it illegal for party members to defect to the opposition. (This law did not survive a recent court challenge as to its constitutional legality but in the interim, since 2002, Sir Michael’s government has benefitted from the law, originally proposed by Sir Mekere Morauta, now in opposition.) Arguably, it was thanks to this law and Sir Michael’s ability to successfully meld together and lead a loose coalition of political parties that PNG gained a reputation as a politically stable nation. This attribute enhanced PNG’s attractiveness

POST COURIER'S FRONT PAGE OF THE PNG GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE JET OR IS IT NOT THE FORMER KUMUL ONE -SUPER KING AIR?

POST COURIER'S FRONT PAGE OF THE PNG GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE JET OR IS IT NOT THE FORMER KUMUL ONE -SUPER KING AIR?

New Prime Minister Peter O’Neill may have pulled off a coup last week but the Southern Highlander still has his work cut out for him. With the announcement of his cabinet last Friday, already the grumbling has begun from one quarter at least – the Sepik bloc. Three MPs who sided with new government – Ronald Asik (Wosera-Gawi), Dr Moses Manwau (Wewak) and Peter Iwei (Telefomin) – have voiced their displeasure at being overlooked for mi­nisterial positions. O’Neill has maintained that all stakeholders in his government were consulted and portfolios allocated after exhaustive consideration. Nevertheless, one cannot escape the fact that this looks like a backlash for the nine years spent under the yoke of Sepik dominion. At this stage, we are not sure how stable and secure the new administration may be but if the events of the past weeks and months is anything to go by, then no­thing is etched in stone. On the ministries front, O’Neill has assembled a talented group of individuals who had

New Prime Minister Peter O’Neill may have pulled off a coup last week but the Southern Highlander still has his work cut out for him. With the announcement of his cabinet last Friday, already the grumbling has begun from one quarter at least – the Sepik bloc. Three MPs who sided with new government – Ronald Asik (Wosera-Gawi), Dr Moses Manwau (Wewak) and Peter Iwei (Telefomin) – have voiced their displeasure at being overlooked for mi­nisterial positions. O’Neill has maintained that all stakeholders in his government were consulted and portfolios allocated after exhaustive consideration. Nevertheless, one cannot escape the fact that this looks like a backlash for the nine years spent under the yoke of Sepik dominion. At this stage, we are not sure how stable and secure the new administration may be but if the events of the past weeks and months is anything to go by, then no­thing is etched in stone. On the ministries front, O’Neill has assembled a talented group of individuals who ha