Charlie, Author at Adventure Kokoda Blog

‘Yes Minister’ alive on Kokoda

Posted by Charlie | Sep 8, 2018 | KOKODA INITIATIVE, OUR VIEWPOINT | 0

The Review of the Kokoda Track Authority (KTA) ordered by PNG Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, is a disappointing academic desk-top study which recommends more of the same under a different name.

Prime Minister O’Neill ordered the review after the collapse of the management system put in place by the Australian Government in 2009.

Despite spending more than $60 million since then Kokoda trekker numbers have declined by 43 per cent; there is not a single management protocol in place; not one of the five key strategies or 33 objectives established by Australian managers for the period 2012-2015 was achieved; and there is still no master plan to protect and interpret our shared wartime history of the Kokoda campaign.

Call for investigation into the recruitment process for the engaement of a ‘National Military Heritage Advisor’ in PNG

Posted by Charlie | Sep 6, 2018 | OUR VIEWPOINT | 0

The DFAT recruiting process, which led to the employment of an American anthropologist without any military heritage credentials, as Australia’s ‘National Military Heritage Advisor’ on a generous 6-figure salry raises serious questions regarding proper governance.

Kokoda Tour Operators Association (KTOA) – Shameless Australian Lobby Group

Posted by Charlie | Jun 23, 2018 | KOKODA INITIATIVE, KOKODA TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION (KTOA), KOKODA TRACK AUTHORITY, OUR VIEWPOINT | 0

The Australian Kokoda Tour Operators Association (KTOA) is a small but shameless lobby group established to cash in on the Kokoda trekking industry and protect their business interests in PNG.