PNG landowners in court fighting for slice of $11bn LNG project

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Updated April 23, 2009 15:25:33

A group of landowners in Papua New Guinea have been in Port Moresby's National Court on Thursday, fighting for their slice of an 11-billion dollar Liquified Natural Gas project. The group is concerned they're going to miss out on a sizeable slice of royalties from the LNG plant, arguing that they've been wrongfully left out of the negotiations.


President Geraldine Coutts

Speaker: Port Moresby Correspondent Liam Fox

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