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Absolutely inspiring. Keep grinding for more success to come. The country needs people with solid foundations.

The Kanaks should use the Melanesian Spearhead Group to raise the issue. I don't know how active it is, but if mainland French are allowed to vote in New Caledonia then a Quota from Melanesia (PNG, Fiji, SI, Vanuatu) to match every non-Kanak individual should be allowed to vote in New Caledonia.

Hi, Stephen am working in Australia for three years now under the PALM scheme but currently am on holiday and I will return August. But I really interested to apply. Is it still okay for me to apply while I on holiday in my country?

Nice reading, Generally, cocoa production had dropped since 2008 due to CPB, which may also had compounded with other factors. Industry needs time and effort for a full recovery, which can only be possible through smallholder capacity building using existing models such as FFT and others that work well for the industry.

very true

very inspiring and motivating as being a student and facing such challenges in life while pursuing for such achievements is so inspiring. As the saying goes, birds of the same features features fly together.

This was a great and interesting article to read. I have really enjoyed all of this very cool and fun information. Thanks.

Hi Neal, I know what you mean. It is like that quote "The food here is terrible and the portions too small". That said, there is such a need for more aid, whether we're thinking about the multiple humanitarian crises the world is facing, the terrible health problems and risks, or the need to massively upscale the global response to climate change. There will always be a mix of successful and unsuccessful aid investments. While the Australian aid program has its problems, from what I've seen over my career, Australia is a better donor than many, and I don't think our aid has suddenly dipped in quality. So I do think advocating for more aid and better aid is the way to go. Regards, Stephen

I think this is a great program for distributing the wealth amongst the Island Nations of Moana... like the big brothers helping their young siblings. However for the hired hands, a high percentage of them have never travelled outside of their Island home. It is a culture shock for many, who would try to hide it not to be teased as the village boy... which they are, without a little pep talk. I strongly believe an orientation program before workers leave would help curb some of the problems the program is facing thus far. It's what I do and I would like to help our young people. Thank You and have a Blessed Day.

This was a very good article. I was searching for something just like this due to the facts we had to debate why aid is not good to use and more.

Koim is urging the prime Minister to an unbending efforts to achieve the His Dream of PNG BLACK NATION IN THE WORLD. And as such, he himself make his guarded wisdoms into fruition.

Thanks Stephen, good points made about the performance of the aid program but you leave unanswered the key question as to whether the aid program warrants an increase in real funding when 30-40% of recently completed aid projects fail to achieve their objectives. Perhaps it's time to change the narrative and recognise that Labor's capacity “rebuild” of the aid program needs to be given time to work. Only once the effectiveness of the aid program has substantively increased should there be an increase in real funding. By consistently advocating for higher funding levels you seem to be ignoring the performance elephant in the room you have so very well identified.