Government & Media Regulations: The PNG Experience
The
Foundation for Development Cooperation together with the University of
the South Pacific and the Australian National University organised a conference
in Suva on 30 October -2 November, focusing on governance issues in the
Pacific. Mrs Chris Gallus, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
and Chair of the CDI Consultative Council gave the opening address. CDI's
colleagues, Peter Aitsi of the PNG Media Council, presented a paper tracing
the history of attempts by the PNG authorities to regulate the media.
The move by successive governments in PNG to draft policy and enact legislation
to regulate the media has been consistent over the 28 years of our independence.
As the records have shown in each decade since independence the PNG government
has commissioned committees to review the
work of the media with a view of pushing legislation which potential places
greater control of the media in government hands.
Government
& Media Regulations The Papua New Guinea Experience, Peter J. Aitsi
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PNG
& Solomon Islands Media Council
The
Foundation for Development Cooperation
