On 19 March 2020, the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand both took the unprecedented move...
Category - Pacific and PNG
COVID-19, localisation and locally led development: A critical...
The humanitarian sector has been debating localisation and the Grand Bargain, for a number of years...
COVID-19 and the horticultural sector: addressing the pending...
It hasn’t taken long for the horticultural industry to flag serious concerns about the coming...
What ails Australian aid to the Pacific? Two Pacific expert views
Recent analysis of aid to the Pacific outlining the “poor performance of aid in the Pacific” and...
A model of transparency for the fisheries industry
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is one of the greatest threats to the world’s...
Growing up between Jiwaka and East New Britain
“Oh no! I am seriously going to die!” That was what I was thinking as I was pulled under the...
Weeding out crime in the Garden Hills Estate
Garden Hills Estate residents in Port Moresby are on a daily basis living in fear of being...
Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains: an Oceanian lens
I have resisted reading Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison...
More agricultural visa by stealth
For months during the second half of 2018, the Nationals and the agricultural industry agitated for...
Informal systems of reciprocity, service delivery and corruption
Debates about the role that informal systems of reciprocity (ISRs) play in shaping service delivery...