Sean Dorney

“The Post Courier, which now has about 30% local ownership”

“the ombudsman recommended criminal prosecutions against six people”

“receives about $7 million a year in funding”

“one of the National Broadcasting Commission of Papua New Guinea's 19 provincial radio stations”

“For the first full week of the state of emergency the station was off a air.”

“was off air for more than 12 months”

“collected their pay each fortnight for more than a year.”

“Sinclair Solomon, the editor of one of Papua New Guinea's two national daily newspapers, The New Guinea News.”

“At independence nine years ago, there were only two active media outlets in Papua New Guinea.”

“The Post Courier, which now has about 30% local ownership, has a national daily rival, the New Guinea News owned by a Papua New Guinean businessman Mr. John Haldy (?).”

“Since 1980 there's also been a quality weekly, The Times Of Papua New Guinea.”

“That diaries affair resulted in a report to parliament in which the ombudsman recommended criminal prosecutions against six people, including senior public servants; and prosecutions under the leader…”

“Luke Sellar says the most direct case of attempted interference in the Post Courier's coverage of the news occurred in 1980, when the national airline, Air New Guinea, had a running battle with the t…”

“Russell Hunter, an experienced Scottish journalist who arrived in Papua New Guinea about four years ago.”

“Its reporter Alfred Sassaco interviewed James Nyaro twice - long before the ABC did - and he took exclusive photos of a Swiss mission pilot, while the pilot was still held captive by the OPM.”

“It receives about $7 million a year in funding from the government.”