10,000 issues later – still going strong

Andrea Williams, who edits the journal of the PNG Association, Una Voce, alone worth the $20 membership fee, remarks that the PNG Post-Courier [Friday’s front page at left] will be publishing its 10,000^th issue in August.

The Post-Courier’s Dave Lornie, who’s been given the job of preparing a supplement to mark this significant publishing event, got in touch with Andrea who asked Richard Jones and me – both freelancers for the newspaper in the 1960s and 1970s - to help out. Which, of course, we will.

Old PNG hands will remember that the Post-Courier took over from the previous South Pacific Post and New Guinea Times-Courier in June 1969. The Post-Courier is owned by News Ltd and remains the largest selling paper in PNG despite some stiff competition from The National, which is Malaysian owned.

The newspaper says it is:

… proud of its record as the voice of PNG. We were there when the nation took its first bold steps towards independence. Since that time, we have fearlessly recorded the nation’s progress.

The Post-Courier unashamedly supports the constitutional rights of Papua New Guineans and will fight to the last drop of ink to protect them. We are accountable to the people of Papua New Guinea first and foremost.

By the way, you can subscribe to Una Voce by joining the Papua New Guinea Association of Australia The membership fee is $20 and you can find the membership application form here

Photo: ‘Una Voce’ editor Andrea Williams walks the Kokoda Track.

Comments

[Bill Welbourne]

I always enjoyed the daily reading the Post Courier during my time in PNG ... so much so that I became an avid collector and still have a complete set dating from Self Government to Independence. They are now yellowing and covered in detritis in my storage shed. I am now thinking about downsizing so rather than assigning them to the tip or burn them someone out there might like to leaf through them. You may contact me by email. wwelbour@bigpond.net.au