Lawrence Titimur describes how he went to Adelaide for a year and then took up the position of Senior Inspector. He relates how he was sent to the United States to hire air traffic controllers for PNG. He states that on his return the Public Service Commission was being restructured so he moved to the Labour Department as Deputy Chair of the Arbitration Tribunal.
Lawrence Titimur discusses his work in the Public Service Commission where he joined the industrial relations and employment conditions division. He relates a dispute he was sent to in Maprik involving malaria sprayers who expected additional money once the country was independent.
Lawrence Titimur remembers that all PNGs studying in Australia were brought together at each holiday to be flown back to PNG creating a strong cohort. He discusses commencing a law degree in PNG in 1973, working with the Development Bank in Rabaul for six months, returning to university in 1975 while working for the Public Service Commission.
