PNG 'grand shopping list' under fire
24 March 2025
MARIAN FAA & THECKLA GUNGA
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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PORT MORESBY - A confidential Papua New Guinea cabinet document containing outlines of 70 development projects has been leaked to the ABC.
The ideas include developing a space agency, acquiring a luxury island in partnership with a Congolese rapper, exploring the potential for a world-class Formula 1 track, creating a Silicon Valley style hub for entrepreneurs, developing post-quantum cryptography and setting up a spy agency with training from Israel.
PNG prime minister James Marape told the ABC the ideas were thoughts for mid-term to long-term projects.
Now PNG’s national cabinet faces a fierce backlash after resolving to expedite what has been called a ‘grand shopping list’ of projects.
PNG ministers resolved to expedite the projects as part of a development agenda linked to the country's 50th anniversary of independence this year.
However, critics point out that PNG struggles to provide basic health care, education, policing and security for its people, and its national budget has been successively propped up by Australian loans now worth more than $3 billion (K8 billion).
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