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How Our Government is Taxing Us Like Foreigners!

By NATHAN DINGU You all must be pretty tired of this topic being repeated so often without anything being done about it but hey, the more we talk about it, expose it and ridicule it – sooner or later something will be done about it. So let me show you how our government is taxing its own citizens similar to that of foreigners or even more so. We have a so called minimum wage limit set at K8000.00, but hey, it is only for that group of people. The rest of us have to face the full brunt of the TAX man. Yes, all Papua New Guineans are taxed at a 30% flat rate right across (that is, if you are not married). This literally means that out of every K1000 you earn – we are subject to pay K300 to the government for its so called services. Yes that is ONLY 10% less than an expatriate would but we all know that all expatriates are exempted from paying tax because the companies who bring them in pay for their TAXES! What makes me sick about the above is that the tax rate is simply flat – our gover

How Our Government is Taxing Us Like Foreigners!

By NATHAN DINGU You all must be pretty tired of this topic being repeated so often without anything being done about it but hey, the more we talk about it, expose it and ridicule it – sooner or later something will be done about it. So let me show you how our government is taxing its own citizens similar to that of foreigners or even more so. We have a so called minimum wage limit set at K8000.00, but hey, it is only for that group of people. The rest of us have to face the full brunt of the TAX man. Yes, all Papua New Guineans are taxed at a 30% flat rate right across (that is, if you are not married). This literally means that out of every K1000 you earn – we are subject to pay K300 to the government for its so called services. Yes that is ONLY 10% less than an expatriate would but we all know that all expatriates are exempted from paying tax because the companies who bring them in pay for their TAXES! What makes me sick about the above is that the tax rate is simply flat – ou

PNG can be a regional leader, says Bob Carr

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has looked to the government of Peter O'Neill to help carve out a greater regional leadership role for Papua New Guinea, and hailed the mid-year elections as a beacon of democracy for developing nations. Senator Carr, who will attend the Australia PNG Ministerial Forum in Port Moresby tomorrow, backed Mr O'Neill's call to establish an anti-corruption commission and unveiled further health and education assistance. In his first visit to PNG as foreign minister, Senator Carr said the forum would also discuss how Australian aid must be recalibrated to assist the initiatives of the O'Neill government, particularly in building health and education capacities. "I think Papua New Guinea no longer has to hide its light under a bushel. The fact that it's adhered to the democratic past without veering off is a great advertisement for it and its people and its leadership," he said. Touching down in a western highland province yesterday morni

PNG can be a regional leader, says Bob Carr

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has looked to the government of Peter O'Neill to help carve out a greater regional leadership role for Papua New Guinea, and hailed the mid-year elections as a beacon of democracy for developing nations. Senator Carr, who will attend the Australia PNG Ministerial Forum in Port Moresby tomorrow, backed Mr O'Neill's call to establish an anti-corruption commission and unveiled further health and education assistance. In his first visit to PNG as foreign minister, Senator Carr said the forum would also discuss how Australian aid must be recalibrated to assist the initiatives of the O'Neill government, particularly in building health and education capacities. "I think Papua New Guinea no longer has to hide its light under a bushel. The fact that it's adhered to the democratic past without veering off is a great advertisement for it and its people and its leadership," he said. Touching down in a western highland province yesterday morni

Powi intends to regulate social media.

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THE use of social media is instigating social unrest and political stand-offs in the country and needs to be regulated, a parliamentarian says. Southern Highlands Governor William Powi said people with malicious intent had been posting discriminatory and defamatory messages and circulating them using social media. Powi said that was becoming a concern and something should be done to regulate the use of social media in the country. Several leaders in the country had raised concern on the abuse of social media in the country and called on regulatory measures to be enforced. Powi made the comment after rumours of dubious payments being made to several people by his government were circulated around the country through messages using social media. He said he was unaware of and had not instructed anyone to make such payments. He warned people to be responsible and not to use social media to tarnish his reputation. “I’m not aware of any dubious payment from finance. “This is a malicious atta

Powi intends to regulate social media.

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THE use of social media is instigating social unrest and political stand-offs in the country and needs to be regulated, a parliamentarian says. Southern Highlands Governor William Powi said people with malicious intent had been posting discriminatory and defamatory messages and circulating them using social media. Powi said that was becoming a concern and something should be done to regulate the use of social media in the country. Several leaders in the country had raised concern on the abuse of social media in the country and called on regulatory measures to be enforced. Powi made the comment after rumours of dubious payments being made to several people by his government were circulated around the country through messages using social media. He said he was unaware of and had not instructed anyone to make such payments. He warned people to be responsible and not to use social media to tarnish his reputation. “I’m not aware of any dubious payment from finance. “This is a malicious a

PNG working on infrastructure and corruption

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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is working on improving its infrastructure and stamping out corruption, which will make it a more attractive place to do business, its Prime Minister says. Peter O'Neill also told a mining conference in Sydney on Monday that the PNG political environment had continued to stabilise since the elections earlier this year. He said the improved political stability would be of benefit to the resource companies seeking to do business in the country. "We have established a very strong and very stable political environment," he told the conference. "We will soon make it stronger and more stable." Mr O'Neill said the new government was also working hard to stamp out corruption, which was often an impediment to business, and had set up a taskforce to tackle the problem. "We will take an uncompromising stand against corruption that our people are now demanding," he said. "I will not pretend we can eliminate corruption completely but

PNG working on infrastructure and corruption

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Papua New Guinea (PNG) is working on improving its infrastructure and stamping out corruption, which will make it a more attractive place to do business, its Prime Minister says. Peter O'Neill also told a mining conference in Sydney on Monday that the PNG political environment had continued to stabilise since the elections earlier this year. He said the improved political stability would be of benefit to the resource companies seeking to do business in the country. "We have established a very strong and very stable political environment," he told the conference. "We will soon make it stronger and more stable." Mr O'Neill said the new government was also working hard to stamp out corruption, which was often an impediment to business, and had set up a taskforce to tackle the problem. "We will take an uncompromising stand against corruption that our people are now demanding," he said. "I will not pretend we can eliminate corrupti

PAPUA NEW GUINEAS ENERGY SECTORS FUTURE IS BURNING BRIGHT – BUT FOR WHO?

By GOVERNOR GARRY JUFFA, MP In December from the 3rd -0 5th, 2012, the 12th PNG – Australia Gas and Petroleum Conference will be held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, organized by the PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum. It will be held at the prestigious Sydney Hilton and once more all manner of people involved in the gas and petroleum industry in Papua New Guinea, either directly or indirectly will be there networking, hoping to impress one another with what they know, or who they are or who they know. There will be many current and ex politicians from PNG and Australia even, experts, gurus on this and that and econometricians, geologists, engineers, lawyers and accountants and so forth. There will be middlemen and agents, those who actually mine and those who mine the stock exchanges around the world, boosting their shares up with great news from the last frontier. In fact there will also be many experts on PNG, some who have actually lived there, some are even Papua New Guinean. Again, th