Category: Focus
Programme to transform PNG
By FRANK SENGE KOLMA POLITICS should not kill a country-changing initiative, says Department of Works and Highways secretary David Wereh. “It is too big for pettiness. It is too important […]
PNG-US pact on cooperation
ON May 22 last year, Papua New Guinea and the United States (US) concluded two agreements on security – the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and an Agreement Concerning Counter Illicit […]
PM: Thank you for democracy
This is an edited version of the speech delivered by Prime Minister James Marape to the Australian Parliament yesterday, thanking and reflecting on the close bonds between the two nations. […]
Seven eyes watching Pacific
A big year for labour mobility is expected, with promises of doubling the cap on workers under the seasonal worker scheme By STEPHEN HOWES and EVIE SHARMAN IF you want […]
Polygamy spreading in PNG
It is nearly always polygyny (one husband and two or more wives), not polyandry (one wife and two or more husbands) By KINGTAU MAMBON and STEPHEN HOWES THE proliferation of […]
Case studies in state fragility
The following is an edited version of PAUL COLLIER’s remarks at the launch of the edited volume, State Fragility: Case Studies and Comparisons, at the 2023 Australasian Aid Conference. Collier […]
Civil riots see the country get off to a terrible start
Underlying causes, implications and the future By ANDREW ANTON MAKO IT was a terrible start to 2024 for Papua New Guinea; civil riots rocked the nation. What started as a […]
One year, three agreements in the Pacific
The following blog is about 12 months of Australia’s security agreements with countries from the Pacific. Each of these agreements is specific to the relationship it covers. By JAMES BATLEY […]
Reflecting on implications of artificial intelligence
This is an edited extract from the keynote address delivered by Laurel Miller, president and chief executive officer of The Asia Foundation, at the 2023 Australasian AID Conference dinner on […]
A political and development shift for the century
This is an edited extract from the opening address delivered by Professor Biman Prasad, Fiji’s deputy prime minister and minister for finance, strategic planning, national development and statistics, at the […]