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Finance Minister defends K3B Supplementary Budget Spending
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea /Economy & Trade

Finance Minister defends K3B Supplementary Budget Spending

From Post-Courier · () English

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  • Papua New Guinea Finance Minister Thomas Opa defended a K3 billion supplementary budget in Parliament.
  • Opa called the spending a vital relief package for urgent external pressures that emerged after the 2026 budget passed.
  • He said the supplementary budget would provide major relief to the people of Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea Finance Minister Thomas Opa defended the government’s K3 billion supplementary budget in Parliament, describing it as major relief for the country’s people.

Opa said the intervention responds to urgent external pressures that emerged after Parliament passed the 2026 budget. He presented the additional spending as a necessary relief package rather than an optional measure.

“The supplementary Budget is a huge relief to the people of Papua New Guinea,” Opa said while defending the proposal in Parliament.

The minister’s remarks focused on the immediate pressures facing the country and the need for a financial response after the main budget had already been approved. The supplementary allocation is intended to address those pressures through additional government spending.

The supplementary Budget is a huge relief to the people of Papua New Guinea.

— Thomas Opa, Papua New Guinea Finance MinisterOpa used the statement to defend the K3 billion supplementary budget as a response to urgent external pressures.
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