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Thank you for opportunity that has given to people Timor Leste and especially for me. I am a seasonal worker from East Timor. I'm very interested to apply for the PEV visa for work and school in Australia. In the name of the Jesus, I hope I will sucessful.🙏

Without maps and hard evidence, this jargon-filled, superficial account is less than credible. There’s no mention of dams, the forced sale of arable land, the lingering impact of wars. I have worked in Laos for many years and walked or driven across much of the lowland areas and find this Asia Foundation account unconvincing. More accurate reporting on Laos is needed.

Hi Natasha, Do I need to put my wife's and my 5 children's passports to apply or myself can apply and later or after I receive my visa 192 ?

Australia will run the ballot through Department of Home Affairs as it does for the PEV. I'm not sure when the ballot will open though.

You need to wait till the ballot is closed at the end of July and then the winners announced presumably in early August.

Hello, I was born in Iran and now I am 33 years old, I have a diploma in mathematics, and I got married at the age of 23, and after seven years of living together, I separated from my husband due to infidelity. I have a 5-year-old son who is 2 months old. After the separation, my husband smuggled him to Turkey secretly and without my knowledge, and now they are in Germany, and I have not seen my child for three years. Because of our Afghan culture and the fact that a woman should not be present in society after a divorce, I am under pressure from my family and they want me to get married soon, but I cannot think about marriage. I started working as a secretary in a physiotherapy clinic due to the opposition of my family, but since Afghans do not have the right to work in Iran, I work secretly with a low salary. I want to be, to work, to have an income so that I can see my son one day, but life in Iran is so difficult and disappointing for me that sometimes I really have no motivation, I have a goal.

I registered already...what will be my next step? What will I do next?

Hi Raphael, Thanks for your comment. The potential for biases in the evidence due to author representation was a real point of interest to us. To clarify, university affiliated authors (including individuals publishing through academic journals) were included in the 'independent authors' category in Figure 2.

Is there any clarity on which authority will administer the ballot and registration for the ballot?

Interesting insights on author representation and the potential for bias in the evidence base! Were there no publications from university-affiliated authors? I'm surprised that such a category wouldn't appear in figure 2!

Hi Catherine, Thank you for your question. PNG has a generalised TB pattern. It means that TB is reported in all the 22 provinces. Furthermore, there are variations in TB epidemiology across the regions with some provinces much higher than others. For instance, the Western Province, which is the largest and most sparsely populated province in PNG, had a TB case notification rate (CNR) of 674 per 100,000 in 2016. This prevalence is much higher than the national trend of 359 per 100 000 in 2014. Our recent studies shows that TB is highly prevalent in Western Province (Daru), National Capital District (NCD), some parts of the Highlands Provinces and Madang. Generally, the Southern Region has the highest number and rate of TB notification. Promoting TB infection control measures in healthcare settings and overcrowded communities may prevent TB transmission and reduce the overall TB burden in PNG.

Thank you, Phoebe. It is unpleasant to think about but I'm surprised by the lack of discussion in the wider AID community here. Most of the the focus has been on AUKUS. But a Trump victory would raise lots of issues for Australia's development cooperation which are not contemplated in the current policy.