This picture taken on May 18, 2023 shows a security guard looking through a door of a project building built by a Chinese company in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images
Australian businesses are losing ground in Papua New Guinea (PNG) amid an “aggressive push” into the region by Chinese and Malaysian companies, a PNG-based CEO warns.
Nick Coyle runs Qland Pharma and Diagnostics based in the PNG capital, Port Moresby, and was previously CEO of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) in Beijing.
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.