The Dame, the filmmaker, the property developer and PNG's most sought-after piece of land

By Heath Aston
Updated April 4 2016 - 10:13am, first published 9:59am
Papua New Guinea police and Dame Carol Kidu in the documentary The Opposition. Photo: Supplied
Papua New Guinea police and Dame Carol Kidu in the documentary The Opposition. Photo: Supplied
Dame Carol Kidu pleads with PNG police to stop the destruction at Paga Hill. Photo: The Opposition
Dame Carol Kidu pleads with PNG police to stop the destruction at Paga Hill. Photo: The Opposition
The bulldozer in action in Paga Hill. Photo: The Opposition
The bulldozer in action in Paga Hill. Photo: The Opposition
Papua New Guinea police leading Dame Carol Kidu away. Photo: The Opposition
Papua New Guinea police leading Dame Carol Kidu away. Photo: The Opposition

The proposed venue for the 2018 APEC leaders' summit – a bulldozed former shanty town in Port Moresby – has become the legal battleground in a dispute between a young Australian filmmaker and one of Papua New Guinea's most revered former politicians, Carol Kidu.

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