NRL - PNG APPROVED NEW LICENCE

[justadragon]

Not sure how the other 17 clubs will react to the tax incentives to attract players to play for PNG - I assume zero tax will payable by these players?

If Fred is offered 800 k by the Broncos which is roughly 470k after tax - PNG can offer 500k plus and trump any offer when no tax is payable plus one assumes no accommodation and meals etc costs involved.

Of course players will weigh up safety and security concerns especially if they have wife/gf/children and if their partner and or children can reside in PNG - Their Partners work and Kids schooling etc.

They say they will build a compound to house players and their families

I read somewhere they could also be FIFO players similar to those that work in the mining industry for an example- not sure how that would work when training several times a week and the costs involved.

Yeah, but hang on, players dont like commuting from Sydney to the Gong, right. Oh that must just apply to the Dragons.

 

[justadragon]

Where was the outrage when the LNP/CLP sold the port of Darwin to the Chinese. They got what Tojo couldn’t destroy. Thanks you C U in the NT Liberal Country Liberal Party

They didnt sell it , it was leased out to them, now they are trying to get it back after seeing the security risk it presents.

 

[justadragon]

The final point i'll make about all this, the concept of Australia promoting a PNG RL team and giving them the funds they are considering, has absolutely nothing to do with the promotion of RL in PNG. Nothing, what we are being told and reality of the concept are worlds apart.

 

[Hound of Dracula]

Sure. Politicians say all kinds of things. Then they retire and go onto the boards of Chinese banks and live in Singapore apartments

Trusting a Politician is like believing the stripper really likes you!

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

The final point i'll make about all this, the concept of Australia promoting a PNG RL team and giving them the funds they are considering, has absolutely nothing to do with the promotion of RL in PNG. Nothing, what we are being told and reality of the concept are worlds apart.

I was thinking along those lines.

I think the amount being granted is close to our entire aid budget to them for a year.

I was thinking that $680 million could build a few big farms, help them exploit and export their natural resources, build infrastructure , medical stuff, schools and for mine, the most important thing, the basics for the people.

Half the population can’t get by and we throw a league side at them, most of the cash snapped up by Australian snout anyway instead of the impoverished png league fan.

And when the river runs dry, all they need to do is threaten us with a lease or two for a Chinese sub base or something.

Very strange decision.


Australia’s Air Force One. Apart from flying Albo and Vlandys to png, it can be used to refuel fighter jets mid flight.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Why is this topic in a St George Illawarra sub-forum?

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Why is this topic in a St George Illawarra sub-forum?

Because members and guests, we seem to care the most about it I guess.

Im ok with it.

 

[Matt_CBY]

Because members and guests, we seem to care the most about it I guess.

I don't understand your answer.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

I don't understand your answer.

Well, when the topic was on the “mainstream media” general forum, all of the interest and nuance was coming from SGI fans.

So I guess it made sense to cut the forum travelling time.

The reason as to why SGI fans have more interest in the PNG franchise than others I don’t know.

But what I do know about rugby league fans in general is that using logic to try to explain what motivates us is pointless.

We are all cursed.

 

[<StGeorgeDragons>]

Not sure how the other 17 clubs will react to the tax incentives to attract players to play for PNG - I assume zero tax will payable by these players?

If Fred is offered 800 k by the Broncos which is roughly 470k after tax - PNG can offer 500k plus and trump any offer when no tax is payable plus one assumes no accommodation and meals etc costs involved.

Of course players will weigh up safety and security concerns especially if they have wife/gf/children and if their partner and or children can reside in PNG - Their Partners work and Kids schooling etc.

They say they will build a compound to house players and their families

I read somewhere they could also be FIFO players similar to those that work in the mining industry for an example- not sure how that would work when training several times a week and the costs involved.

This is the biggest concern. Some will jump at the $, some will not but it won’t be fair. It’s too murky.

 

[Gareth67]

They didnt sell it , it was leased out to them, now they are trying to get it back after seeing the security risk it presents.

And that was after Joe Biden had instructed his American ambassador to Australia to mention to our P.M. their utter surprise and disappointment at the decision.

Considering the yanks have a permanent garrison of marines based nearby and of course the Pine Gap information gathering installation , which also just happens to be part of America’s early warning system to detect nuclear missile launches , they certainly had a right to be notified before any decision was reached .

Done in dear old Uncle Scotty Morrison days I believe ?

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Not sure how the other 17 clubs will react to the tax incentives to attract players to play for PNG - I assume zero tax will payable by these players?

If Fred is offered 800 k by the Broncos which is roughly 470k after tax - PNG can offer 500k plus and trump any offer when no tax is payable plus one assumes no accommodation and meals etc costs involved.

Of course players will weigh up safety and security concerns especially if they have wife/gf/children and if their partner and or children can reside in PNG - Their Partners work and Kids schooling etc.

They say they will build a compound to house players and their families

I read somewhere they could also be FIFO players similar to those that work in the mining industry for an example- not sure how that would work when training several times a week and the costs involved.

When the Saints and Illawarra joined up we got basically double the salary cap, didn't see any Saints fan's complaining about that and seriously who cares if PNG get a leg up, they should, any new team coming into the comp should receive a leg up for X amount of years, You want a strong competition.
No issue with it and hopefully when WA gets in they also receive some benefits.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

This is the biggest concern. Some will jump at the $, some will not but it won’t be fair. It’s too murky.

The exchange rate is a killer for the kumuls long term.

Maybe the Aussies will need use the $AUD in the compound.

 

[Gareth67]

The exchange rate is a killer for the kumuls long term.

Maybe the Aussies will need use the $AUD in the compound.

If they had any sense they would invest half of the money in Elon Musk stock . At least they would make a pretty profit and thus secure the PNG ‘s team’s permanency into the foreseeable future .

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

If they had any sense they would invest half of the money in Elon Musk stock . At least they would make a pretty profit and thus secure the PNG ‘s team into the foreseeable future .

That’s right or something similar, but it would put a lot of snouts out of joint.

And we can look forward to Australian companies getting work cover exemptions and other incentives so when Eric falls off the top of the nrl tower at the compound, he ends back in the highlands in a bamboo wheelchair.

 

[redv13]

If players are willing to sacrifice their lifestyle for x amount of years to earn y amount of extra money over in PNG then good luck to them. Not my cup of tea personally but if they are happy with the compound lifestyle and nothing else then so be it.

 

[Saints Forever]

If players are willing to sacrifice their lifestyle for x amount of years to earn y amount of extra money over in PNG then good luck to them. Not my cup of tea personally but if they are happy with the compound lifestyle and nothing else then so be it.

Spent some time in Port Moresby, Mount Hagar and Porgera a few years ago.

hotel behind razor wire

guards carrying AK47s

Went to a Korean restaurant, same caper. Guards and guns.

Whilst travelling from Mount Hagar to Porgera, plain clothes police shot dead several rascals who would cut down trees to stop buses and rob the passengers.

Hope things have improved. PNG is not a place for the faint hearted.

WA a much more sensible expansion team choice.

 

[redv13]

Spent some time in Port Moresby, Mount Hagar and Porgera a few years ago.

hotel behind razor wire

guards carrying AK47s

Went to a Korean restaurant, same caper. Guards and guns.

Whilst travelling from Mount Hagar to Porgera, plain clothes police shot dead several rascals who would cut down trees to stop buses and rob the passengers.

Hope things have improved. PNG is not a place for the faint hearted.

WA a much more sensible expansion team choice.

Yeah I’m not a fan to be honest. WA 100%

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Spent some time in Port Moresby, Mount Hagar and Porgera a few years ago.

hotel behind razor wire

guards carrying AK47s

Went to a Korean restaurant, same caper. Guards and guns.

Whilst travelling from Mount Hagar to Porgera, plain clothes police shot dead several rascals who would cut down trees to stop buses and rob the passengers.

Hope things have improved. PNG is not a place for the faint hearted.

WA a much more sensible expansion team choice.

Great post, much appreciated.

Yes, when I was researching crime over there last night for the thread, tourists and foreigners are more likely to be robbed than assaulted. Not much comfort I guess as anything can go wrong in a robbery.

I’d be thinking a lot of NRL players like Zac fancy themselves as tough hood street fighters, but I can’t see the rascals playing by the marquess of Queensbury rules.

Against the best security advice, some of the boys are going to wander out of the compound as a small group late at night because it’s sneaky and courageous.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Otherwise, I’ve always thought Country NSW is long overdue for many reasons.

And the side could play in a number of venues.