Tag: Budget
‘Heavy handed’ NZ clamps down on Tokelau spending
By Mackenzie Smith
As Tokelau’s ninth government takes shape, the new leader is raising concerns over New Zealand’s treatment of its last remaining Pacific territory.
Ulu-o-Tokelau...
Allowance increases for Fiji parliamentarians
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
The Parliamentary Emoluments Committee (PEC) has recommended allowance increases for overseas travels for government ministers, the Speaker, the leader of...
Taxpayer concerns over $1.6 million delegation trip to Taiwan
By Stephen Diisango in Honiara
The current trip to Taiwan by a 16-member government delegation in the Solomon Islands is costing tax-payers more than $1.6 million.
This...
La’o Hamutuk: Is the Tibar container port what Timor-Leste really needs?
ANALYSIS: By La'o Hamutuk in Dili
Timor-Leste signed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement this month with the French company Bolloré to build and operate a...
Ian Shirley: The NZ budget that has failed Auckland
ANALYSIS: By Professor Ian Shirley
New Zealand's 2016 budget offered Auckland nothing in the way of vision or hope and it continued the National government’s...
Gary Juffa: K50m health cutback in PNG – and it’s just...
Last week I watched in absolute disgust as MPs in Papua New Guinea giggled and laughed as the Minister for Health made light humour...
