MINING MINISTER John Pundari has taken out full page newspaper advertisements welcoming the decision of the National Court that the Ramu nickel mine can proceed with plans to dump millions of tons of toxic tailings into the sea.
But the Minister avoids mentioning the court findings that the government, in allowing the waste dumping, has breached both the Constitution and its duty of trust.
The advertisement also does not say that dumping will cause major environmental damage and that there is a real danger of an environmental catastrophe that could threaten the livelihoods of thousands of people.
In fact the ad is pure spin, a total waste of taxpayers’ money and seems to delight in the trashed hopes of landowners with real concerns about their future.
Source: Papua New Guinea Mine Watch
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