Exclusive: Government regulations reveal Australia will provide ‘further capability support and funding’ to PNG but dollar figure is confidential
A spokesperson for home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said ‘details of any support being provided to PNG are confidential, as they were under the previous government’.A spokesperson for home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said ‘details of any support being provided to PNG are confidential, as they were under the previous government’.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “Further support to PNG will be provided under a variation to the independent management arrangement,” an explanatory statement said. It said “extensive consultation” had already occurred between Australia and PNG, with further consultation before the new deal is signed by a home affairs official.
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