In an earlier post, I outlined the merit of an alternative model of training that might replace...
Category - Australian development policy
A new model of health workforce training
A new model of health workforce training has the potential to be an innovative, cost-effective...
A private menagerie: Australia’s parliamentary inquiry into the...
The federal parliamentary inquiry into the role of the private sector in development, commissioned...
Should Australia partner with Coke in the Pacific?
On 27 June at the Liberal Federal Council, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop observed that ‘Coca-Cola...
DFAT’s new health strategy: a new approach?
The Australian government recently released its 2015-2020 Health for Development Strategy. This...
Migration and development in an Australian context
Would you rather be rich in a poor country or poor in a rich country? Dani Rodrik asks this...
A big week for Pacific labour mobility: SWP reforms and the...
This post continues my analysis of reforms to Pacific labour mobility announced last week in the...
A big week for Pacific labour mobility: backpacker reforms
Last week was a big one for Australian policy on Pacific labour mobility, with the release of the...
Parliamentary inquiry to focus on Seasonal Worker Program
A parliamentary inquiry is being held into the Pacific Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) by the Joint...
Australia’s stance on corruption – will all roads lead to Nauru...
The allegations report in the Australian media of an Australian mining company bribing high ranking...