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Thanks Thomas for providing some visibility on these movements.

Thank you. Very helpful. Please continue the good work. When we aspiring women candidates get into Parliament, we may know what to expect. Thanks. Mary

Thank you, job well done. Hope this coming elections will show us different and more convincing graphs how the structure of government will look like in this 11th National Government Parliamentary elections.

It's not easy to get to the report and I went from 1, to 2, to 3 links and finally found 'enhancing agency' as a possible heading where I thought I might find something about provision of family planning advice and contraception. And I still found nothing. How can economic empowerment be achieved without access to reproductive rights? Or have I missed something?

Excellent work, Thomas and Stephen.

This seems a sad decline in what was and needs to be a bipartisan commitment to assist the poorest of the poor. Let us hope that whoever wins the next election will resume the proper priority on this issue. It is true that a middle-power like Australia can't take a lead on everything, but this was an area in which we led and of which we could be proud.

Information is power. Thank you for the great work done. Such information needs to get down to the people.

A good read indeed. Thank you Anslem for sharing your personal experience and insights in regards to the rejection of getting the vaccine. Yes, life is somewhat normal here in PNG.

Excellent work! It would be even more interesting to show what government spending on different seats looked like at different points in time and whether party affiliation makes a difference. I know there is a difference between money being budgeted for something and actually being released/spent, but I'm wondering if you can tell that if the budget contains reports on what money was returned to consolidated revenue from each seat, at the end of each financial year.

Looks like Thailand is in fact one of the four countries negotiating for entry. See https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thailand-warns-public-of-australian-agriculture-visa-program-scams-389040. Not sure what the Thai demand "to lower some of the criteria set by Australian officials" refers to.

Love this piece I'm a huge advocate for housing. Would like to speak to you more about your article as I'm doing a policy called 1 family 1 home policy to address this housing crisis in Port Moresby. My name is Steven Kilage.

Hi Michelle, Congratulations on another great piece. I am glad that you have written this piece to advocate for a better solution to the eviction issue. No doubt very little is given attention to by the courts on the impact of settlement on the livelihood of ordinary Papua New Guineans when it makes it decisions. In addition, I feel that urban authorities and government in general should also push for "resettlement as a mandatory requirement" when it comes to granting "development permit" for developers who are keen on developing UDLs that are already occupied by people. On social media, I can see that the negativity around settlement still persists but there is also a growing number of Papua New Guineans who see that the real underlying problem is the "housing crisis" that successive governments have yet to tackle. I am in the process of putting together a piece on the recent eviction towards the end of 2021 and recently this year. Your piece provides with me some valuable insights. Hopefully I get this published soon. Best Regards, Busa Jeremiah Wenogo