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The Aus-PNG Network

The Aus-PNG Network

The Australia-PNG Network builds links and understanding between two countries that share close ties in history and geography. We work to strengthen connections across the broadest range of areas, including business, sport, education, civil society, arts and culture, religion, media and development.

The Network evolved from the first joint dialogue between emerging leaders from the two nations which was hosted by the Lowy Institute in 2013. The success of the event was embraced by the Australia-PNG Ministerial Council which supported the Emerging Leaders Dialogue to become an annual event held in December each year. This is supported by a range of issue-focused workshops and regular networking events that promote a strong relationship between both countries. The Network regularly publishes the outcomes of these gatherings as a shared online resource.

Learn more on the Aus-PNG Network website.

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Program Director, Pacific Islands
Research Fellow and Project Director, Australia–Papua New Guinea Network
Nonresident Fellow, Pacific Islands Program
Shared History, Shared Future: the next 50 years of Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
Report
Shared History, Shared Future: the next 50 years of Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
Outcomes from the 2025 Australia–Papua New Guinea Network Emerging Leaders Dialogue, 26–30 May 2025, Port Moresby
Bougainville’s future: A roadmap for development
Policy Brief
Bougainville’s future: A roadmap for development
The singular focus of Bougainville’s elected leaders on the goal of independence has overshadowed the practical challenges of running a new country and how political independence…
Emerging Leaders, Enduring Bonds: Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
Report
Emerging Leaders, Enduring Bonds: Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
Outcomes from the 2024 Australia–Papua New Guinea Network Emerging Leaders Dialogue, 7–11 October, Canberra
Looking through a Pacific Islands lens: Access, accountability, and alignment in global engagements
Report
Looking through a Pacific Islands lens: Access, accountability, and alignment in global engagements
A report of the Lowy Institute’s Geopolitics in the Pacific project.
LGBTQIA+ rights and issues in the Pacific
Podcast
LGBTQIA+ rights and issues in the Pacific
  The global campaign to secure protections for LGBTQIA+ people has made significant progress in recent years, yet laws governing LGBTQIA+ rights in the Pacific are…
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier
21 November 2023
The Financial Times
13 November 2023
Radio NZ
10 November 2023
The Fiji Times
3 November 2023
Radio Free Asia
30 October 2023
ABC Radio National Between The Lines
11 August 2023
EMTV Papua New Guinea
24 October 2022
The National (PNG)
24 October 2022
ABC Radio National Sunday Extra
15 March 2021