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From Julliane Terry on Australia’s seasonal worker program now bigger than NZ’s
I am so surprised PNG is not utilizing this opportunity to the max. I hope our good PM can materialize this. We need shared skills and knowledge in both countries to improve our business potential
From John Braithwaite on The Bougainville referendum: James Marape’s biggest challenge or biggest opportunity?
Good article thank you Kylie. The peace agreement was sanctioned by the United Nations, so the UN and New Zealand would also lose credibility if the referendum result were ignored, and Australia would be viewed as untrustworthy yet again.
From Miso on Why charter cities have failed
Interesting and good article Mr. Woolf. I think the conclusion is not right, as I see, Charter cities (like version 2.0 or 3.0) will have much better chance to create positive results for all involved.
From Kurumbi Wone on The Bougainville referendum: James Marape’s biggest challenge or biggest opportunity?
The ordinary people of both PNG and Bougainville face the same fate under the corrupt tribal leaders and government officials in Papua New Guinea. The conflicts should not be between Bougainvillean and PNGnean ordinary people, it should be between the corrupt leaders and ordinary people.
From Ghandi Katao on The Bougainville referendum: James Marape’s biggest challenge or biggest opportunity?
A very good article by Kylie. The onus is on the people of Bougainville to decide their fate.
But PNGans perception is for Bougainville to remain a part of us with greater autonomy. For this to happen and for lasting peace, here are four suggestions:
1. Compensation - as a Melanesian society it is culturally appropriate for the National Government to compensate the people of Bougainville for the destruction of properties and loss of lives on the Island as a result of the 10 year crisis. Every Bougainvillian family affected by this crisis either by loss of lives, injuries or destruction of properties must be compensated.
2. New Strategy for ABG's funding commitments - the national government must come up with a new realistic funding strategy with realistic time frames to honour ABG commitments.
3. Awareness of the referendum and the two options - the parameters of the autonomy should be agreed by all parties. The people of Bougainville, both old and young, should be fully aware of the terms of the autonomy and independence to make a better decision to vote in the referendum.
4. Resource laws must be amended and must consider equal equity participation by investors and locals. This must be clear in the autonomy terms.
The actions of successive governments before and during the Bougainville crisis has now affected the political future of this country. If successive governments of PNG after this crisis do not learn from this terrible crisis and change PNG's resources laws and clamp down on corruption, we stand to face a greater challenge in the future as indicated by the main article.
If in this referendum, the Marape-Steven Government can achieve the option of having greater autonomy for Bougainville to independence then it would be win-win for both parties, and a big win for PNG as a nation state.
From Titus William on For PNG’s sake let’s hope hosting APEC is for the better
It is interesting only in one discussion made in the meeting is about Climate change
From Leo Vendam on Australia’s seasonal worker program now bigger than NZ’s
How does one apply for the Seasonal Worker Programme?
From Marita Manley on Improving the monitoring and evaluation of facilities in the Australian aid program
Great to have some continued discussion of these issues in this and previous blog posts. The 'development contractor' industry deserves some in-depth analysis in the region. And I agree that improved monitoring and evaluation of outcomes can assist. Many private sector contractors are ultimately accountable to DFAT with the result that research efforts, communication and knowledge sharing are skewed to serving DFAT's needs (rather than those of countries and communities). And some facilities are set up explicitly to play this internal-facing role. The risk of course - as with any business/industry looking to grow and sustain itself - is that the constant pressure to please the client can introduce many biases in monitoring and evaluation and communication processes.
From Dr Amanda H A Watson on Flying the PNG flag in Canberra
Thank you for an enjoyable, interesting, thought-provoking read.
Thanks also for the beautiful photos.
Amanda 🙂
From Alfred Schuster on Improving the monitoring and evaluation of facilities in the Australian aid program
Very insightful summation. An added dimension from an effectiveness perspective, is the nature and utility of engagement among facilities that operate at regional and bilateral levels, and the extent to which they drive coherence and collaboration in the delivery of Australia's aid investments.
From Michael Karupang on The Bougainville referendum: James Marape’s biggest challenge or biggest opportunity?