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http://www.thenational.com.pg/courts-power-queried/ By CHARLES MOI PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill argues that the Supreme Court does not have the power to intervene in Parliament’s deliberations on the proposed increases in poll fees. The proposed bills before Parliament are K10,000 (from K1000) nomination fee and the cost of lodging an election petition of K20,000 (from K5000). Lawyer Tiffany Twivey, representing O’Neill, told the Supreme Court in Waigani yesterday that the proposed laws were before parliament which meant that the parliamentary process was privileged and protected. Twivey said the Supreme Court was not allowed to interfere in the Parliamentary process due to Section 115 of the Constitution on Parliamentary privileges. Twivey said a court, in trying to ascertain the constitutionality of a law, was a separate power compared with a court trying to interfere with the lawmaking process. She said there was no remedy for the court to grant an interim relief

Court Reporting - Feb 28, 2017 By CHARLES MOI I was recently asked by a colleague about how to be a successful court reporter. This got me by surprise as I had only been at this for almost 4 years since May 2013. Yet I was covering court cases even in the Supreme Court regarding constitutional amendments. I searched over the internet to get find experiences from more senior journalists who covered courts in PNG. Unfortunately I could not find any – perhaps because they might who written any or they were there but did not see them. As my first entry I decided to share about court reporting in PNG. Things as journalist need as a court reporters in Papua New Guinea.  The Supreme and National Court in Waigani in 2016 1.       Have the passion for writing. I placed this as number one because in the end you have to love what you do. You have to love writing to exceed as a court reporter and also in other forms of media reporting. The love of writing will keep y