HAS ANYONE thought about recruiting and employing qualified Papua New Guineans to better target Australia’s aid programs in PNG?

Why isn't there an independent recruitment program set up under the AusAID umbrella to ensure that qualified PNG people are available for each position before it is offered to a high priced overseas consultancy firm who employs overseas staff who have very high on costs.

If there are no qualified Papua New Guineans available, they should be trained as soon as possible under a contract that has a sunset clause in it and won't be fully paid out unless prior benchmarks for achievement are met.

The whole AusAID program has seems to be run on a scattergun approach.

A supplement should be provided to all PNG public servants who are prepared to sign a binding agreement not to be involved in corrupt practices and to report those they find breaking the law.

If the PNG public service were to be paid a reasonable wage, it would not have to rely on corruption to feed and look after the family.

Why not concentrate on health or education and ensure these principle areas are working across the nation.

The PNG government is going to increase the number of ministries (and therefore public servants) instead of making sure those they already employ are able to do what they are paid to do.

Clearly AusAID funding needs to be targeted at national achievement and not local appeasement.

A monster has been created that no one as yet seems willing or able to control.