".....in PNG the f#@king kina is currently at 36 cents Australian."
Holy Sh!t!!!!!!!! When I left PNG in January 1985, after 23 years, the exchange rate was NGK 1.00 = AUD 1.37!!!!!!!
I can't see any real external assistance for PNG until complete economic and social collapse occurs.
Immediate and complete radical social and economic reform is required for the country to save itself - which PNG politicians will never do!