Australians have the right to be strict

I REFER to your report “PM: Aussies get tough on visas” (Nov 15) about certain politicians and citizens who have taken the op­portunity to invest and make money for themselves.
How would you feel if you see someone whom you have elected to serve you is actually ser­ving himself using your mo­ney?
This is totally ridiculous.
I would like to congratulate Australia for taking stringent measures when issuing visas to some of our so-called bureaucrats.
It shows that Australia is not taking the issue of investments by PNG nationals using public funds lightly.
More should be done to ad­dress this issue.
What should PNG do?
Should we just sit by and watch more of this happen without doing anything?
I am happy the Task Force Sweep team is investigating and revealing this rogue activity.
However, are there steps to solve this problem?
There must be solutions to address it, such as:
l    Developing a legislative framework that focuses on outsourcing investments using local funds;
l    Establishing a MoU with Australia that deals with investments using misappropriated public monies; and
l    Monitoring of PNG na­tionals in Australia who are likely to get involved in such activity.
It is time we take responsible actions to solve our own pro­blems, rather than just commenting on it.

Goro-Hunter
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