Former PNG official warns Paladin scandal undermining corruption fight in Pacific

Scandal over $423m contract appears hypocritical given Australia’s efforts to strengthen anti-corruption measures in the region, critic says

A former Papua New Guinea official has warned the Paladin scandal is undermining Australia’s efforts to stamp out corruption in the Pacific nation.

Paul Flanagan, a former Australian treasury bureaucrat who worked as a senior adviser to the PNG government, said news of the Paladin affair had spread quickly through the nation’s parliament, where it had become a “hot issue”.

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