My bad.

Can't give them the Maserati's, apparently there are "300 Papua New Guinea police and soldiers have stormed the nation’s parliament, smashing windows and furniture demanding unpaid wages."

How easy it is to spend lots of money when it is not coming out of your pockets?
Philip S,
Ain't socialism great ?

individual - Just how some politicians think.

$8,000 for a helicopter ride.

Sometimes it happens, while I feel well directed aid, that is well managed is good
This thread brings the trust charity,s one in to play, sometimes charity should begin at home

PNG police and homeless soldiers will soon get a vehicle:

https://www.cams.com.au/media/news/latest-news/australians-donate-cars-to-prevent-youth-homelessness
National youth homelessness prevention charity, Police Under Cover, is about to receive their 15,000th car donation since they started collecting old cars .

Having read about this, and as one who strongly supports foreign aid, particularly to our poorer Pacific neighbours, I must say I was disgusted to read about the PNG government purchasing 40 Maserati cars to transport world leaders around during this years APEC meeting to be held there.

What also disgusts me is the notion that politicians in a very poor third world country like PNG think that they have to do this to show they are worthy, and can meet some kind of expectation of the richer developed countries.

This nonsense gives the anti-foreign aid brigade ammunition to attack Australia's program that does help poor people in some of the worlds poorest countries to improve their lot in life. A small example is, Australia has just donated a worthwhile extra $6 million to help fight an outbreak of polio in PNG children. This is not "the transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to the rich people in poor countries" as one of the forums cynical anti-aiders puts it . Some would use this "Maserati Scandal" as an unjustified excuses to curtail life saving aid to countries like PNG.