Michael Chammas
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1,038 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
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We also have to be mindful of the fact that they can't be bringing in 10, 20, 30 people to live in a two or three bedroom apartment.
We've got to put the right welfare and protections in place.
And we've got a bit of experience.
Scotty Barker, the CEO of the...
the png hunters they deal with that on a regular basis while the money isn't as high as what an nrl player would earn the hunters guys are still high profile in png and they earn big money for what comparatively to the rest of society in papua new guinea so we've got examples of how you need to combat that we need to put protections around the players and we have strict rules in place and not just for papua new guineans for all our team that if anyone's coming in to live in the
the resort that needs to be ticked and approved by the club because we can't have the players being exposed to the pressures of people who want to cash in off their success.
That's probably a question, like, as I said, I wasn't part of the deal.
Peter Volandis is definitely the guy to ask around how the ins and outs work.
But you will see a massive tourism impact on Papua New Guineans being able to... They've made it more affordable for Papua New Guineans to come to Australia to watch their team.
I think it's a $25 visa.
Don't quote me, $25 to $50 visa.
Reciprocal, so you can get back in and out to watch the two teams play.
Like, there will be...
But as I said, the geopolitical side of it and the defense side of it, that's a discussion for people far more important than I am in regards to what that impact will be on Australia.
But from a football team point of view...
There's a misunderstanding that they think we're just sitting there with $600 million in the bank ready to start blowing it.
It's just not happening.
Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure that the government feel that investment for the future of the country.
I don't want to get into a geopolitical discussion because it's not my area, but they feel that investment is for the good of everyone in the country.
I could give Peter Vellandis a rap here, but as I said, I was a journalist sitting here criticizing and making, you know, it happened well before I started.
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