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Tax Relief on Income Tax for Wage Earners Not Beneficial.
Post Courier
5th August, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi
The rising cost of living as an average citizen in the country has seen little to no impact on the recent tax relief introduced by the government to have the minimum threshold for income tax from K12,500 to K17,500.
Woman Labour Market Higher Than of Men: Study
Post Courier
4th August, 2022
By Lorraine Wohi
Women in Papua New Guinea have experienced a greater conditional; real wage growth than men in all sectors, a study has revealed.
Whilst the study titled Real Wage Growth in PNG does not indicate any reason as to what that have caused the interesting result, Research authors, Professor Martin Davies and Neils Blunch suggested that the figure is likely to do with the labour market price against female workers in PNG.
Real Wage Growth for Mining Exceeds Other Sectors
Post Courier
29th July, 2022
By Lorraine Wahi
The report compared the wage growth of the other two sectors including the industry and services and agriculture.
The real wage growth for mining has increased to 5.9 per cent boosted by the new resource projects (including LNG investment boom, 2010-2013), investment in new technology and capital.
Barker: Our Democracy in Question
Post Courier
26th July, 2022
By Melisha Yafoi
Institute of National Affairs is hopeful that the violence happening everywhere in the country will shake the country and its leadership and institutions into driving some major needed reforms.
Executive Director, Paul Barker said the problems now are instigated by voters as well as parties and candidates, and some officials, offering or seeking financial or other reward in exchange for votes, seeking to gain office
through malpractice, even threats and violence.
Barker: Hold DDAs accountable.
The National
28th July, 2022
By Lulu Maginde
Barker said mechanism in place meant to keep DDAs in check were not adequately funded or resourced to do their work and were behind on their responsibilities.
Barker said it was important for the public to be concerned about these things and to maintain a solid level of interest and pressure on the Government to ensure proper checks and balances.
Investor Confidence Affected.
The National
27th July, 2022
Institute of National Affairs (INA) Executive Director, Paul Barker says, “Papua New Guinea is in desperate need of new and additional investments to stimulate the economy.”
“The tragic immediate consequences of these violent actions, in terms of deaths and injuries, the violence and terrorizing the entire population in the nation’s capital clearly has wider ramifications, ” he told The National
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