Australia High Commission

He arrived in Port Moresby on March 21^st to commence his appointment.

The High Commissioner is engaging with the PNG Government and PNG leaders via phone for his first two weeks in PNG and has reinforced Australia’s continued commitment to PNG’s long-term development priorities to Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Patrick Pruaitch, and Treasurer, Ian Ling Stuckey.

Awesa said this to LOOP PNG after the Sydney Morning Herald  newspaper  published an article about a contract awarded to Hornibrooks NGI Ltd worth more than K15 million ($7.8million) to build houses associated with the program.

Awesa is a co-director and shareholder of Hornibrooks.

He says Hornibrooks was given the contract through the Australian government’s procurement process and the PNG government had no control over that.

“My name has been tarnished after the article by the Sydney Morning Herald for something I had no part in,” he added.