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Syrian mother and child (image copyright World Vision Australia)

12 April 2016

The cost of conflict: Syria’s shattered economy

by Emma Wanchap

Julie Bishop speaking at Supporting Syria & the Region conference, Feb 2016 (Flickr/DFID/Adam Brown/Crown Copyright)

15 March 2016

Antipodean apathy on Syria continues

by Jo Spratt

Wolfgang Jamann

9 March 2016

Aid and refugees in Europe: an interview with Wolfgang Jamann

by Camilla Burkot and Wolfgang Jamann

26 February 2016

Too important to flail: effective incentives for public and private humanitarian action

by Robin Davies

MSF-supported hospital in Idlib, northern Syria (photo copyright MSF)

23 February 2016

“Our bombs are smarter than yours”

by Michiel Hofman

Too important to fail - addressing the humanitarian financing gap

8 February 2016

Too important to flail: a strategic financing mechanism for humanitarian assistance

by Robin Davies

image copyright: Hayelegebreal Seyoum, Plan International, 8 January 2016.

4 February 2016

El Niño in Ethiopia

by Susanne Legena

Farming, Whagi Valley, PNG (Flickr/Michal Gonnen)

2 February 2016

PNG drought response: reporting from Goroka

by Paul Kelly

Delivering food aid when there are no roads, PNG 1997 (Flickr/DFAT/Darren Hilder, Aust Defence)

29 January 2016

Management of natural disasters in PNG — not all bad news

by Felicity Herbert

28 January 2016

Is Australia a humanitarian scrooge?

by Ashlee Betteridge

Highlands farming, 2008 (Flickr/Drew Douglas)

18 January 2016

Politicising drought relief in Papua New Guinea

by Colin Wiltshire and Thiago Cintra Oppermann

Figure 1: Impact of drought & frost on food supply in rural PNG, late December 2015

15 January 2016

The ongoing impact of the El Niño drought and frosts in Papua New Guinea

by Michael Bourke, Bryant Allen and Michael Lowe

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