Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Dame Carol Kidu presentation
On 7 May 2008 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, The Hon. Dame Carol Kidu discussed the policy and capacity challenges Papua New Guinea faces in advancing social development and how partnerships with the private sector can support government efforts.
Her presentation is available here in PowerPoint:
The power of partnerships - PPT (13MB)
Her presentation, 'The power of partnerships in addressing Papua New Guinea's social challenges', can be heard here:
The power of partnerships - MP3 (18MB)
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Launch of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program at the Lowy Institute Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, the Hon Duncan Kerr SC MP and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, The Hon Bob McMullan MP, were guest speakers at the launch of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program at the Lowy...
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Everybody needs good neighbours In this opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review, Jenny Hayward-Jones, The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program Director, argues that Australia needs to accept its regional identity and engage with its Pacific Island neighbours as sovereign partners...
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Re-imagining PNG: culture, democracy and Australia's role
Australia has, perhaps, no closer or more complicated a bilateral relationship than that with Papua New Guinea. Australia is deeply entwined with its nearest neighbour and has a major stake in its future. Drawing on the success of Bougainville, Ben Scott in this Lowy Institute Paper calls for a new political system in Papua New Guinea and a new focus for Australian engagement.
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China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: diplomatic chess versus Pacific political rugby
In this Lowy Institute Policy Brief, entitled China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: diplomatic chess versus Pacific political rugby, Graeme Dobell looks at how the competition for diplomatic recognition between China and Taiwan is destabilising Island states and undermining Australia's interests in the region. Graeme Dobell is one of the ABC's most experienced reporters of Asia Pacific affairs. He is now the Foreign Affairs & Defence Correspondent for Radio Australia.
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East Asia and China; The Pacific Islands
The Lowy Institute Voters' Guide to International Policy addresses the sort of questions we should be putting to our political leaders.
Section 8 of the Guide, 'East Asia and China', and Section 10, 'The Pacific Islands' by Malcolm Cook, Program Director Asia & the Pacific, are available here.
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Pacific minister can help region
In an opinion piece in the Canberra Times, Lowy Institute Research Associate Fergus Hanson argues the merits of establishing a Minister for Pacific Cooperation.
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Alone in battle against volatility
In an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, Dr Malcolm Cook looks at the huge international policy challenges facing Australia in Melanesia. Australia has committed itself, with bi-partisan support, to providing regional stability and taking the lead in strengthening the region's states and societies. In 2006, the Australian Government committed to doubling its aid budget by 2010 with a particular focus on state rebuilding and the Pacific. However, there are very few examples of successful state rebuilding. Will Australia fare any better?
Australian Financial Review, 15 January 2007, p. 55
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Beyond Post-colonialism and the Pacific Way
On 13 May 2005, the Lowy Institute, with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, hosted a roundtable that brought together Australia’s Pacific Heads of Mission and representatives from the business community, not-for-profit sector, academia and media. After discussing the new assertiveness in Australia-Pacific relations, the discussion focused on three firm policy recommendations for the Pacific and for Australia-Pacific relations: 1) increase labour mobility between Pacific countries and Australia and New Zealand; 2) enhance the understanding of the role of the private sector in economic development in the Pacific; and 3) encourage Pacific states to adopt a “look North” policy to leverage East Asia’s economic dynamism and balance their strong ties with Australia and New Zealand.
The conference outcomes report can be downloaded via the link below.
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Lowy Institute Conference: Overcoming Constraints in Papua New Guinea
Discussion about Papua New Guinea is too often dominated by fatalistic negativism or impractical calls for far-reaching reform. The Lowy Institute Conference "Overcoming Constraints in Papua New Guinea" took a different approach. We looked at how individuals, groups, corporations and governments are making progress in PNG - despite the obstacles. We aimed to draw out some of the success stories to see what might be learned. The conference identified some ingredients of success and discussed how PNG could best build on, and replicate, positive developments.
"Overcoming Constraints in Papua New Guinea" was held on 18 February 2005.
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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Dr Abby McLeod presentation
On 27 June, at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Abby McLeod discussed how, on 30 June, Papua New Guinea goes to the polls after the Sir Michael Somare government became the first government in PNG history to serve its first term. Australia, as PNG's largest source of aid and its former colonial power, is a keen observer of PNG elections, and electoral reform has been a key focus of Australia's good governance program in PNG. However, elections work very differently in PNG than in Australia. Local values and practices mean that PNG's political system continues to produce results that surprise, and often worry, many in Australia and complicate Australia-PNG relations. This election is likely to be no different.
Her presentation can be heard here:
Elections: Papua New Guinea Style! - MP3 (18MB)
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PNG must take bitter pill to secure its future
In this opinion piece, Ben Scott, Diplomatic Fellow at the Lowy Institute, writes that Papua New Guinea should compromise its sovereignty in the short term in order to strengthen it in the long term.
Australian Financial Review, 23 May 2005, p. 63
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China and Taiwan in the South Pacific
On Thursday 18 January, Graeme Dobell gave a presentation at the Lowy Institute to launch his Lowy Institute Policy Brief, entitled China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: diplomatic chess versus Pacific political rugby.
His presentation can be heard here:
China and Taiwan in the South Pacific - MP3 (23MB)
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Moti affair offers a lesson for a short-sighted neighbour
In this opinion piece, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Professor Hugh White examines the significance of the Moti affair.
Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2006, p. 19
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PNG: time to start again
Papua New Guinea's failing experiment with democracy needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, writes Ben Scott.
The Age, 3 January 2006, p. 9
A Lowy Institute Paper by Ben Scott, entitled Re-imagining PNG: Culture, Democracy and Australia's Role, is available for download at:
http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=319
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Pacific Plan puts Howard to the test
In an opinion piece, Hugh White writes on the Pacific Plan for closer co-operation and integration between South Pacific countries.
The Age, 10 October 2005
A version of this opinion piece was published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 10 0ct0ber 2005, p. 11
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PNG aid more order than law
Australia must try again with Port Moresby, writes Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White. But it should offer help, not impose it.
Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2005, p. 17
A version of this opinion piece was published in The Age, 18 May, 2005, p. 19
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The deep mess of PNG demands long-term action
The Government is on the right track but must go much further to help our neighbours, writes Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Professor Hugh White.
Sydney Morning Herald, 15 December 2004, p. 15
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How Australia might save PNG from collapse
Professor Hugh White, Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute, writes that aid alone is not the solution to PNG's long, slow decline.
The Age, 15 December 2004, p. 17
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The Melanesia Program encompasses Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and East Timor and focuses on political, economic and social challenges affecting these countries, the impact of aid, and the role of Australia in Melanesia and the wider Pacific Islands region.
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