Greedy MPs with too much money
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has said more than once that the country has nothing to show for all the money that has flowed into this country’s coffers in the past few years. Much, much more is about to flow into its treasury when the Ramu Nickel/Cobalt mine starts exporting; when the LNG project harvests its first shipment of gas next year; and when major new mines start up in Wafi and Frieda River. Where is all this money going to be invested to finally reverse the trend O’Neill speaks about? Will it show up in major infrastructure projects that the nation can be proud of for years to come? Even the redistribution of financing to the rural areas might not show up in anything, as we have alluded to in this space on many occasions. This is a hugely maritime country with major river networks crisscrossing the mainland and the seas that separate it from its island provinces. Yet our marine transportation system is so poor as to be almost nonexistent. Government-chartered air and sea tra