In January at the height of the Australian bushfires, I received a message from James Walau, a ni-Vanuatu Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) team leader, informing me that he and his team of 47 had left Batlow due to the impending fire. Since September 2019, Australian firefighters have been battling...
As anyone who has visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the past 20 years can attest, the private security industry is booming. Office buildings are often only accessible by passing by rolls of sharp barbed wire, pointed fences and uniformed guards with large caps. Many who work for donors...
As we enter not only a new year but a new decade, there is much to anticipate in the Pacific islands region. Elections and domestic politics A number of countries in the region will have elections during 2020: Kiribati, Niue, Palau and Vanuatu. The lingering discontent in Kiribati surrounding last...
The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has this week declined to answer questions asked of it regarding the SIM card registration regulation of 2016. The direct impact of this court hearing is that unregistered SIM cards currently in use in mobile phones around the country will likely be...
Capital punishment is a sensitive issue in Papua New Guinea (PNG). While laws have been put in...
The Australian Research Council recently circulated a consultation paper on new Field of Research...
The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is still searching for ways to achieve its stated goal of...
The relationship between temporary labour migration and economic development is a subject of...
The best thing to come out of the Pacific Step-up so far has been the promotion of labour mobility...
Good luck trying to find any booze in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville these referendum days...
