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Hi' Thank you very much for the wonderful research done on issues relating to aid agencies support towards woman leaders in PNG specifically within Morobe Province. From my own point of view the construct idea that develops into the process of developing woman leaders should be contextualize in order to promote woman leadership potential in a more masculine dominate society. The concept should contemplate on the idea of woman values within the household and brought forward to a bigger spectrum. Culturally woman have their position in the community, leaders are formed in the womb of a woman thus significantly paints the picture of the value of a woman. If the aid agency look into how Melanesians value their woman folk and create a way forward that is relevant to the context than we can be able to emerge potential woman leaders in a male dominate society. THANKS & BLESSINGS

Hi James. It's really nice to connect with Colin's brother on his anniversary. I miss him so much too - doing this work without him is really hard, grindingly slow and vastly less joyful. He was a one in a million. It took me a long time to get better at living with his loss after my own brother passed (a long time ago). Thankfully the pain does recede eventually, but I completely agree, you never recover from the loss. I wish you and the family all the very best. xx Beth

Cool piece of reporting on ongoing research, James. Thank you!

Hi Fraser This is very good question for public consumption. To answer this question, the person named as next Prime Minister will not be substituted with any other person in the floor of the parliament in respect of the name of a person nominated as alternate Prime Minister. This in line with section 145 (3): "A motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister or the Ministry moved in accordance with subsection (2) (a) may not be amended in respect of the name of the person nominated as the next Prime Minister except by substituting the name of some other person". This means there cannot be nomination during the VONC, both government and opposition bring the numbers on the floor of the parliament to vote....

Thank you for this.. I am Colin’s brother. It will be a year today when we lost Colin. I still struggle. This is not something that you recover from, you get better at living with it. Reading this was a nice way to connect with him. Thank you.

Is there any information on the gender of the applicants? I just wrote a gender analysis on this visa for an ANU class...! Interested to know if there was a gendered bias.

This schematic policy of Constituency Development Funds [CDF] must not be controlled by prime minister. In that way prime minister is taking advantage over MPs to keep them in his side. The MPs must appoint a minister to administer this.

Hi Stephen, I am interested to know if you have found out more information regarding "adequate funds". Thank you

I'm interested for this program and really appreciated for the top pacific country which sending the applicants.

This is so well captured and presented. In addition to climate projections and local knowledge of climate impact for WASH, what I feel is missing in the above piece to consider while doing climate-resilient WASH planning is referring to the already documented best practices for dealing with similar local WASH conditions/challenges and contextualization to dealing with exact local needs.

Mauri Nei Rosa, ko rabwa for your comments. As the PEV is an annual ballot, I am hoping the government considers joining the 2025 round. Thank you for the marvellous work you do for our fellow I-Kiribati here in Australia. Tekeraoi te beku.

Hi Dan Thanks for your comprehensive comments on both schemes. I agree, different work types and rules on hours of work mean the picture around earnings in NZ vs Australia is much more nuanced. However, the announcements about the RSE policy changes took a lot of people, especially the Pacific participants at this year’s RSE conference, by surprise. There was genuine concern from Pacific delegates that there had been no consultation with them about the changes and whether they could be phased in to avoid confusion about the reality of lower earnings for RSE workers in the coming season. As the Vanuatu High Commissioner to NZ said in his presentation, it’s important to keep all stakeholders in the loop and on board with proposed policy changes. Thanks again for your very useful reflections. Charlotte