PETER VAN ONSELEN: Rugby league's shameful Papua New Guinea propaganda crumbles ahead of Australia's $600m spend

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PETER VAN ONSELEN: Rugby league's shameful Papua New Guinea propaganda crumbles ahead of  Australia's $600m spend

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Why are some rugby league writers falling over themselves to defend the Albanese government's decision to donate $600m of taxpayers money to help set up a commercial sporting venture in Papua New Guinea? They have echoed PNG Prime Minister James Marape's claims that safety and security concerns in his home country aren't an issue, dismissing anyone who raises the issue as peddling rubbish. That's despite Port Moresby, where the new ventures home games will be played, is ranked as the world's fourth most dangerous city.
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