The Fiji Times, 10 April 2018 – THE Australian Government is helping develop a tourism industry on the Papua New Guinean island it detained asylum seekers on.
It is funding a study via aid contractor Abt Associates to review the tourism industry on Manus Island, “identifying its various strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities for growth”.
The six-month adviser role is worth up to $146,000, plus allowances.
There are still about 600 refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island, where four asylum seekers have died and a further two contracted fatal illnesses and subsequently died in Australia. Read more…
