The challenges facing Papua New Guinean bureaucrats are, undeniably, daunting. The country’s fiscal...
Category - PNG
Vale Bill Standish
Dr Bill Standish, ANU academic and venerated researcher of and commentator on PNG politics, died on...
Catastrophic failures in PNG health service delivery
Reflecting on 25 years of research into health service delivery and the health status of women and...
PNG LNG and skills development: a missed opportunity
PNG’s extractive sector is set to expand, with the construction of the next mega-project – the...
The informal economy under siege
The informal economy in Port Moresby is once again under siege. The National Capital District...
Governance, ethics and leadership in Papua New Guinea – a...
In part 1 of this blog, I described some of the challenges in Papua New Guinea (PNG) today: the way...
Landowner identification in PNG: a job for government
The Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas (PNG LNG) project commenced exporting gas to China...
Gulag politics? Perceptions of PNG-Australia relations and the...
Recent media revelations about the $423 million contract awarded to a relatively unknown company...
Perseverance as a buai seller
I sold betel nut for three years (2010-2012) after dropping out of school. Everything I’ve...
Predicting the 2019 Solomon Islands elections
Elections are coming to Solomon Islands. Predictions are never easy in politics but here’s...