What was Ian Kemish doing at Government House in PNG?
The Leader of PNG Party, Hon Belden Namah said today that he was very surprised to hear that the Australian High Commissioner Ian Kemish and the Deputy High Commissioner Margaret Adamson were at Government House when the Governor General issued the invitation to Hon Peter O’Neill, Leader of PNC to form a government. Mr Namah said that he was not aware that this was an occasion open to the general public. “What were the Australians doing there? Were other diplomats invited? Who invited them? Government House, or Peter O’Neill?” “I cannot imagine the PNG High Commissioner to Australia being invited to Government House in Canberra to a meeting between Her Excellency Quentin Bryce and an Australian politician.” “Kemish’s presence is a breach of protocol. It also raises many questions about the relationship between him and his mate Peter O’Neill.” “This Australian High Commissioner seems to have enormous power. He acts as though he is O’Neill’s chief adviser, telling him when Papua New Guin