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Bougainville generates K46.74 million in internal revenue against a total 2026 budget of K844.09 million, per figures tabled by ABG Treasury and Finance Minister Albert Punghau and reported by PNG Business News and The National. National Government grants supply K520.36 million of the rest. Delivering full government services as an independent state would cost K1.3 billion a year, NBC Bougainville and the Post Courier both reported on 23 June, drawing on the cost-of-services report the ABG launched with the National Economic and Fiscal Commission. Exepreneur has not independently verified that figure against the report itself. The Bougainville Independence Leaders Consultation Forum endorsed 1 September 2030 as the declaration date for statehood on 28 July, Islands Business reported. Two denominators run
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