What an opportunity.

This in from Papua New Guinea:

"The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government says it can survive without the $300 million aid package it receives from Australia."

Pete's Points:

If this is how the PNG government wants to play, I say let them lose our aid.

The taxpayers of Australia have better things to do with $300 million a year than pay it over to ungrateful recipients.

Let's spend it on getting some desalination plants into existence near our major population centers so that all the water we have surrounding this island does not go to waste! Alternately let's spend it on increasing the number of renewable energy initiatives we have in train.

If and when the PNG government does get bogged down in its own corruption or has more riots and lawlessness resulting in more death and an increase in poverty, then the population there may wish to have a change of government or even a change of attitude towards its neighbour in the south.