AHC on Air October 2024 - PALM Scheme & Bougainville Chocolate Festival

Australia & Papua New Guinea Friends Working Together

On this month’s program, we will hear about the recently held Bougainville Chocolate Festival, the Cocoa Support Facility and other related Australian Government supported activities in the agriculture sector in the autonomous region of Bougainville.

Also on the program, we will hear about the PNG MSME and Informal Sector Study which gathered insight from over 2600 PNG MSME owners on how best to support a better business enabling environment and increase economic diversity and opportunities for all PNG citizens.

We also spoke to the PNG Labour Mobility Unit Director Hakaua Harry about PNG’s participation in the Pacific-Australia Labour Mobility scheme.