PNG PM, BHP and Garnaut at loggerheads again

PNG Prime Minister. Peter O'neil

Leading Australian economist, Professor Ross Garnaut, is calling on the Australian government to negotiate an agreement with Papua New Guinea to prevent the arbitary use of its immigration powers to disrupt business between the two countries.

The call comes after Professor Garnaut was forced to resign as Chairman of PNG's biggest mining company because of a ban imposed on him by PNG's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.

As Jemima Garrett reports questions are now being asked as to whether Australia's Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, has failed to look after Australian interests in this case.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett

Speakers: Professor Ross Garnaut, former Chairman of Ok Tedi Mining; Professor Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre at the Crazwford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.

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