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AND a very good morning to you all! We’ve been absent since Tuesday, a
victim of some dread virus or other that left us peering blindly hither
and yon with grossly impaired vision. We still tend to blow kisses to the
fridge, mistaking that estimable piece of kitchen equipment for our
dearly beloved spouse – with ghastly results. Ouch.
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THE sheer cynicism of political leaders is breathtaking. Some are touring
the country with an apparently bottomless cornucopia of funds, gifts and
promises. Nothing is too good for any member of the public who might be
considered capable of casting a vote come polling day.
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SO once again the public view of MPs is reinforced – they are the
providers of unexpected bounty, and the waiting public doesn’t even need
Aladdin’s all-purpose spell to trigger the glittering flood of empty
promises and undertakings that can never be honoured.
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THE question now is whether or not voters are prepared to accept the
glitz as a substitute for the substance, the casinos as a better
alternative to the hospitals. Cynicism is a highly contagious disease and
its spread is not limited to our political poseurs – it can and
increasingly does infect the public.
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IF the handful of honest PNG voices is finally snuffed out, the once
dazzling hopes and dreams of our nation will disappear forever. PNG will
be, like King Arthur’s Camelot, a glorious failed memory – but a failure
none the less.
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IT appears that the revised report on the Moti affair will not be
presented to Parliament. Do those so intent on targeting Australia really
think that the PNG refusal to deal with the Moti saga in keeping with
international laws and treaties will have the slightest impact on our
southern neighbour?
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IT will not, of course – but it will tarnish our country’s once
impeccable reputation as a member of the global community in good
standing. It brings back memories of that indestructible play by Nora
Vagi Brash, Which Way, Big Man, in which the action centres around the
appointment of the hen-pecked hero as “Secretary for the Department of
National Identity.”
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HAVE a rip-roaring weekend!
– Dee Nesenolis
 
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