Papua New Guinea’s Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates (OLIPPAC) was designed to bring stability to PNG’s parliament and political parties. Since its introduction in 2001, major parts of the law have been ruled unconstitutional, and a number of academics have questioned...
Much of Papua New Guinea’s 2022 elections was predictable: a ramshackle roll, major problems in the Highlands, fewer issues in most other places. But the elections produced one big surprise: 64% of contesting MPs won. As this chart shows, that’s unprecedented. It’s so...
Prime Minister James Marape’s promise to stop all round log exports by 2025 is not an entirely new commitment. As I pointed out in my first blog, similar moves have been talked about since 1990, all unsuccessful. Recent patterns of round log exports must lead us to doubt whether the current...
In his inaugural address to the new Papua New Guinea national parliament on 9 August 2022, Prime Minister James Marape promised, amongst other things, that his government was “committed to stopping all round log exports by 2025”. This was not exactly a new promise. Forests Minister Karl Stack...
Papua New Guinea’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has been a long time coming. Following the Mineral...
After a hiatus over the last two years due to COVID-19, the 2022 PNG Update was held at the...
This is an edited version of the keynote speech delivered by the author at the 2022 PNG Update on...
This is an edited version of the keynote speech delivered by the author at the 2022 PNG Update on...
The National Capital District Commission (NCDC) has introduced a ban targeting the sale of cooked...
“When we don’t have any of these copper and gold mines anymore, where are we headed?” This quote is...
