Papua New Guinea
A billion reasons: the future of PNG’s Sustainable Development Fund
In the three years Sir Mekere Morauta was Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, from 1999 to 2002, he pursued an ambitious reform agenda. Some parts of that legacy have fared…
Australian media: missing in action on Bougainville
The ABC Managing Editor Asia Pacific, Kellie Mayo, has subsequently disputed aspects of this article; read her response here.
Bougainville – the autonomous region of Papua…
Plugging in PNG: electricity, partners and politics
Getting the leaders of five Asia-Pacific nations together for the photograph amidst the tumult of a APEC Leaders Summit in Port Moresby last November was a triumph of logistics.
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Australia’s PNG gateway: far north Queensland
Just a few kilometres separate Papua New Guinea and Australia at their closest point.
But when it comes to migration procedures, people on both sides of the Torres Strait can…
The curious case of aid concentration in Papua New Guinea
The aid industry is complex. Dozens of bilateral donors, hundreds of multilateral agencies, and thousands of non-governmental organisations litter the development landscape in all…
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.
Bougainville’s Panguna – “a challenging opportunity”
With just under six months before Bougainvilleans go to the polls to decide if they want independence from Papua New Guinea, last month’s APEC leaders’ meeting in Port Moresby…
Conflict, romance, and PNG: the APEC Summit
You get the sense that while Donald Trump didn’t make it to Papua New Guinea for the APEC Leaders Summit, his reality TV producers could have had a hand in how it played out.
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PNG and APEC: who gets to keep the Maseratis?
Three weeks ago, the American Journal of Transportation reported that Air Bridge Cargo Airlines had delivered 40 Maserati sports cars to Port Moresby. One of the first social…
The Orchids’ tale: PNG’s women’s rugby league team
I never set out to make a film. But, as many filmmakers seem to discover, the story found me.
I have always been interested in the power of sport, and in 2014 I moved to Papua…