On 29 May 2020, on the eve of James Marape’s first anniversary as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Supreme Court dismissed the case intended to declare his election as Prime Minister invalid. The case was dismissed on competency grounds, and not on substantive grounds. This case adds...
Fiji is hoping to return to 70% of pre-COVID-19 tourism levels. It will be much less if Fiji is forced to choose between being trapped in a travel bubble with Australia and New Zealand (which won’t include Fiji until later) or, access to the rest of the world, right now. New Zealand, like Fiji over...
It is well known that disasters are experienced differently by different groups in society. Generally, disasters disproportionately affect women and girls, but women are also at the frontlines of disaster response and recovery processes. The recent double whammy blow in Pacific countries – COVID-19...
Australia shut its national borders to non-citizens on 20 March 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19, an action which also halted the plans of numerous Pacific Islanders who were due to return to Australia under the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP). Amongst those affected were close to 250 workers...
My previous blog (17 April) highlighted the plight of seasonal workers in Australia just before the...
Each day 300 million women and adolescent girls menstruate, and those women and girls have the...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is spreading to Pacific island countries (PICs), posing a...
Trying to purchase a 10kg bag of betel nuts (buai) from Gerehu’s Waikele buai warehouse is like...
Fall armyworm (FAW) is major pest of maize (corn), sugarcane and rice. This insect pest was...
Mi gat Y (Tok Pisin for I have Y), Mi gat dinau long Digicel (I have a Digicel loan), and Digicel...
