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Pacific labour mobility and the existential threat of climate change

The consolidation of Australia’s identity as an Asia-Pacific nation is a work in progress. It is as a consistently attentive and engaged Asia-Pacific nation – rather than as a US ally or a European outpost – that Australia will fit in most comfortably with its neighbours and be of most service

By Peter Hooton

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Telstra’s Digicel Pacific challenge

The deal with the government insulates the telco from financial risk. But accepting the role of Australia’s lead business ambassador in the region makes it no set-and-forget investment. This article was first published in the Australian Financial Review on 29 October 2021

By Mihai Sora, Jonathan Pryke

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Pacific Step-Up needs a Covid-era reboot

Through thickly vegetated jungle paths, teams of doctors hike for hours to reach Fiji’s most remote villages. Travelling ahead of them, as reported in The Guardian recently, are packhorses carrying ice-chests filled with AstraZeneca vaccines. Fiji is no

By Edward Cavanough

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Keeping West Papua on the agenda

When Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Bob Loughman addressed the UN General Assembly last month, he echoed a concern that has often been expressed by his predecessors, not about the Pacific directly, but about alleged human rights abuses in West Papua. “The world is taking a selective approach

By Dan McGarry

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West Papua: The Issue That Won't Go Away for Melanesia

West Papuans continue to fight for independence with the support of many Pacific nations. Despite Indonesia’s opposition and the recent impact of COVID-19 on the region, the resolution of West Papuan grievances may have stalled but nationalist sentiment has not been quelled.

By Johnny Blades

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The future of Papua New Guinea: Old challenges for new leaders

Papua New Guinea’s next generation of leaders should take a new approach in seeking to turn around negative trends in law and order, education, and health. Emerging leaders could make bold and innovative policy interventions in key areas to unblock barriers to progress

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

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The Embarrassed Colonialist

Forty years after independence, Papua New Guinea is the largest single recipient of aid from Australia. Yet Australians seem to be largely ambivalent about the country. Few Australians know the history of our colonial rule in PNG and our ties to the country are being forgotten.

By Sean Dorney

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Papua New Guinea in 2015: at a crossroads and beyond

2015 is a significant year for Papua New Guinea. The country will mark 40 years of independence from Australia, host the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting and the Pacific Games. The Papua New Guinea economy will record the highest GDP growth rate in the world in 2015 but will

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

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Don't turn away from Vanuatu's destruction

Don't turn away from Vanuatu's destruction Jenny Hayward-Jones ABC The Drum 17 March 2015 Please click here for the online text

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

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Violence against women in PNG: How men are getting away with murder

In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Jo Chandler presents a devastating picture of the endemic violence against women in Papua New Guinea. She highlights the courageous efforts of PNG civil society to change attitudes and assist the victims, and the role Australia is playing to help PNG address the

By Jo Chandler

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The role of the private sector in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in the Indo-Pacific region

The role of the private sector in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in the Indo-Pacific region Dr Tess Newton Cain Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade Please click here for full text

By Tess Newton Cain

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Pacific labour mobility and the existential threat of climate change

Telstra’s Digicel Pacific challenge

Pacific Step-Up needs a Covid-era reboot

Keeping West Papua on the agenda

West Papua: The Issue That Won't Go Away for Melanesia

The future of Papua New Guinea: Old challenges for new leaders

The Embarrassed Colonialist

Papua New Guinea in 2015: at a crossroads and beyond

Don't turn away from Vanuatu's destruction

Violence against women in PNG: How men are getting away with murder

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