The killing of the Fly: State-corporate victimization in Papua New Guinea

Harper, A. and Israel, M.ORCID: 0000-0002-1263-8699 (1999) The killing of the Fly: State-corporate victimization in Papua New Guinea. Resource Management in Asia Pacific Project/The Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.

Abstract

Over the past fourteen years, the Ok Tedi mining project run by BHP in Papua New Guinea has caused
extensive damage to the environment by discharging untreated cyanide, copper, cadmium and substantial
quantities of sediment into surrounding river systems. In this paper, we consider whether the concept of
state-corporate crime might aid analysis of the way the relationship between BHP and the national
government resulted in damage to the Fly; second, we examine how this case study might contribute to
our understanding of state-corporate crime.

Item Type:	Working Paper
Series Name:	Working Paper. RMAP (Resource Management in Asia-Pacific) No. 22
Publisher:	Resource Management in Asia Pacific Project/The Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/54835

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