This is my session with DFAT officials regarding the ongoing catastrophe at the Ok Tedi Mine in Papua New Guinea. Since the tailings dam failure in 1984, an estimated 80 million tonnes of waste has flowed into the Fly River every single year. We cannot simply wash our hands of the legacy issues left behind. I have received reports of growing civil unrest because promised aid isn’t reaching the ground. Additionally, I have heard of a rising death…
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