On the night of 11 May 2022, one day before the issue of writs for PNG’s election, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil, and his Close Protection Officer First Constable Neil Maino, died in a car accident along the Bulolo Highway. Many tributes have already been given. Here I will focus on the political...
Pacific labour mobility has received an unprecedented level of attention in this year’s election campaign. Australian anxieties about Chinese influence in the Solomon Islands have dominated the headlines. This has worked to the advantage of labour mobility, described by Lowy’s Sam Roggeveen as “one...
Like many questions, it sounds like it should have a simple answer, but it doesn’t. One answer is to count all those living in Australia born in the Pacific islands. There are two limitations to this approach. First, there is a significant share of Pacific island migrants, thus defined, who are...
Papua New Guinea’s elections are often dangerous affairs. In the past, elections in the country have been accompanied by spikes in violence between rival groups, resulting in injury and death. In some areas of the country fraud is rife, and voters face significant intimidation. The upcoming 2022...
What is the nature of the PNG kina exchange rate regime? It is described as floating by the Bank of...
Political campaigns in Timor-Leste are sometimes described as festa demokrasia. Between concert...
One of Scott Morrison’s biggest announcements from last August’s 51st Pacific Islands Forum was to...
Support for agricultural development and villagers’ livelihoods in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is...
Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is...
In 2020 we found that, over the previous decade, support for anti-corruption organisations in Papua...
