Temporary Blockade
The same landowners claimed they were tired of the way they had been “economically suppressed, oppressed and exploited” for the past decade.
Where Are The Benefits They Were Promised?
The Kokoda Track Landowners Task Force initially complained about how they were not getting the education and health benefits promised to them. Moreover, they also did not receive the $2 million worth of payment the PNG Government owed them. Not once did they receive these things. Moreover, these people claimed there was “a lack of consultation and accountability in relation to funding provided to the authorities by the Australian Government.”