Four years ago – have things changed?

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By PNG Echo I have forgotten how stunned the audience was after giving my speech at Bordeaux University, France, four years ago. Have we become so inured to the problems in PNG that we’ve normalized them?  Link to a video of the speech. 4 Years Ago Today I said: I am currently in France and have given a paper at a French University on the socio-economic effects of the extractive industry on the people of PNG and their (your) response to environmentalism. Taking into account my audience, the paper had to cover some very basic information. Many knew nothing at Continue reading Four years ago – have things changed?→

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Toro! Toro! Toro! A cautionary allegorical tale.

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By PNG Echo He pranced into the arena, young, fierce and arrogant – the audience screamed their encouragement: Toro! Toro! Toro!       The steam coming from his nostrils is indicative of the fire in his belly.  With head held high, on display, proudly, his two deadly assets: his long sharp horns. Confused, excited and agitated by the roar of the crowd, disoriented by the flashes of a red flag here; a pink cape there – the bull charges at anything, head lowered, horns poised to inflict maximum damage This is what audience has come to see – they love this Continue reading Toro! Toro! Toro! A cautionary allegorical tale.→

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