Don't forget Paga Hill: landgrabbing in PNG and Australian aid

Sunday, 6 August 2017 - 11:00am to 11:30am

The Paga Hill community in Papua New Guinea have spent years resisting an Australian-run developer, Paga Hill Development Company, determined to build a 5-star hotel and marina on their land. The new complex is intended to host the 2018 APEC meeting, supported by Australian aid funding.

‘The Opposition’ is a film that has survived censorship attempts to expose the corruption and human rights abuses suffered by the evicted Paga Hill residents. It is also a call out to the international community to hold the Australian entities involved accountable, in solidarity with the people at the brutal edge of aggressive corporate development.

Guests:

Hollie Fifer, Director of The Opposition

Natalie Lowrey, AID/WATCH

Brynn O’Brien, Jubilee Australia

Take action: www.aidwatch.org.au/theopposition/

Image: Joe Moses and the Paga Hill community

Audio from the film, The Opposition.

Music from the Free Music Archive.

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