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Central Province high school students, May 2016 (image: Grant Walton)

12 January 2017

The beginning of the end of “free education” in PNG?

by Anthony Swan and Grant Walton

A voter marks her ballot during the 2012 elections in the PNG highlands (Flickr/Commonwealth Secretariat/Treva Braun CC BY NC ND 2.0)

11 January 2017

Pacific predictions: what will 2017 hold for the Pacific?

by Tess Newton Cain

Port Moresby (Flickr/Hitchster CC BY 2.0)

9 January 2017

Stories and memories of Port Moresby

by Rohan Fox

23 December 2016

Best of the blog 2016

by Camilla Burkot and Stephen Howes

Figure 1 GDP and non-mining GDP growth (corrected)

22 December 2016

Has the PNG economy been in recession?

by Nelson Atip Nema and Stephen Howes

Mango (source: Tou's Garden, photo gallery season 2009-10)

21 December 2016

Mangoes, desperation and seasonal workers: labour market challenges in Northern Australia

by Henry Sherrell

iKiribati workers at PT&I-MULPHA workshops (image: Pacific Islands Trade & Invest)

19 December 2016

Australia’s microstate visa: the inside story

by Henry Sherrell

Liquid Natural Gas tanker (Flickr/Lens Envy CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

16 December 2016

PNG LNG landowner royalties – why so long?

by Sam Koim and Stephen Howes

#RefugeesArePeople Perth walk, 28 Jan 2015 (Flickr/Love Makes a Way/Louise Coghill CC BY-SA 2.0)

15 December 2016

The Nauru Dilemma

by Paul Ronalds

Swept (Flickr/David Goehring CC BY 2.0)

14 December 2016

Judicial setbacks for the PNG anti-corruption movement

by Bal Kama

13 December 2016

A proposal for open access Pacific migration to Australia

by Henry Sherrell

13 December 2016

Devpolicy Research Fellow wins Best Paper prize

by Stephen Howes

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