Australia and the Pacific

2018 Australia–Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue Outcomes Report
Reports
2018 Australia–Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue Outcomes Report
The Lowy Institute hosted the sixth annual Australia–Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue from 4 to 6 December 2018 in Cairns, Australia.
Morrison and the Pacific: the good, the gaffe, and the omission
Morrison and the Pacific: the good, the gaffe, and the omission
The statements about the importance of the Pacific to Australia by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne, backed by the Foreign Policy White Paper last…
Never too late to get the kids off Nauru
Never too late to get the kids off Nauru
Over the past six years, we have witnessed the steady, if not accelerating, deterioration of the mental and physical health of refugee children on Nauru. Their suffering has been…
Turning the dial on international broadcasting
Turning the dial on international broadcasting
Right when Australia finds itself with serious strategic interests in its neighbourhood, it has managed to turn its once influential international broadcasting…
Submission to Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia-Pacific
Reports
Submission to Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia-Pacific
Review by Department of Communications and the Arts Shane McLeod , Jonathan Pryke
Review: Safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties
Review: Safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties
Greg Colton’s Safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties sits in a long tradition of mainstream thinking about the significance of the…
Safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties
Analyses
Safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties
Greater Australian engagement in the Pacific Islands region is needed if Canberra wants to ensure regional stability and underpin Australia’s national security. Greg Colton
2017 Australia–Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue Outcomes Report
Reports
2017 Australia–Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue Outcomes Report
The Lowy Institute hosted the fifth annual Australia–Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue from 12 to 15 December 2017 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Anna Kirk
No zero-sum game in greater Pacific ties
No zero-sum game in greater Pacific ties
For many commentators with an interest in the Pacific, the emphasis on the region in the Foreign Policy White Paper has been welcomed as long overdue. Yet it has also raised some…
What next for Papua New Guinea?
What next for Papua New Guinea?
It has been a tumultuous year for Australia's nearest neighbour. The protracted and controversial elections in Papua New Guinea took up most of 2017, with Peter O'Neill winning…