Manus promised more role
PAPUA New Guinea's foreign minister has vowed Manus Island residents will be involved in the permanent asylum seeker facility amid threats of sabotage to the temporary processing camp. Foreign minister Rimbink Pato said there has been a lack of communication between PNG's national government and provincial administrators over Australia's plans for the asylum seeker facility on Manus Island. "There has been a lack of communication," Mr Pato told The National newspaper. "Locals will be involved in the permanent processing centre. "We have now resolved the matter and will continue to resolve any matter that comes up." Landowner groups say they have missed out on building and service contracts for the facility and fear most of the spin-off economic benefit will end up back in Australia or on mainland PNG. One landowner representative, Mary Handen, told AAP her group met Manus officials briefly on Friday and have since had a series of meetings reschedule