Part 1 of this two-part blog series explained the constitutional limitations on changes to PNG’s electoral maps and the process that led to the most recent changes. The new set of Electoral Boundary ...

The noble push to achieve “Freedom from Hunger” gained momentum after World War II with the formation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which “strives to eradicate hunger ...

The Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2024 in Canberra. Conference presentations are now available on the Devpolicy ANU website. View keynote addresses and selected conference ...

The Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2024 in Canberra. Conference presentations are now available on the Devpolicy ANU website. View keynote addresses and selected conference ...

Most people in Papua New Guinea know where Mendi is. The city, nested amongst the mountains of the Southern Highlands, has a permanent population of around 30,000 which ebbs and flows as people visit ...

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s first female Prime Minister, emerged from Parliament on 21 January 2025 with her leadership intact, despite deep divisions within the ruling Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua ...

Sir Charles Watson Lepani KBE, who passed away on 10 January, was the last surviving member of Papua New Guinea’s famous “Gang of Four”, four young bureaucrats who, at the time of independence, seemed ...

With just over a year left in her tenure as Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa faces a political upheaval threatening a peaceful end to her term. Ironically, the rule of law — the very ...

The Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2024 in Canberra. Conference presentations are now available on the Devpolicy ANU website. View keynote addresses and selected conference ...

The trend in Australian employer demand for seasonal workers — officially short-term Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (ST PALM) workers — from the Pacific and Timor-Leste continues to fall. Based on ...

This an edited version of a speech delivered in Bangkok to the 17-18 December 2024 High-Level Regional Consultation on Financing for Development in Asia and the Pacific in preparation for the Fourth ...