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27 August 2018

Drama drama drama: what the new government means for aid

by Ashlee Betteridge

A newspaper stand in Solomon Islands (Credit: ABC Pacific Beat)

23 August 2018

Information laundering in the Pacific

by Bruce Hill

A candidate's poster from the 2017 PNG election (Credit: Terence Wood)

17 August 2018

How politics keeps Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea poor and poorly governed

by Terence Wood

Vanuatu Parliament, Port Vila (Phillip Capper/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

23 July 2018

Pacific regionalism, climate finance, and women in politics: in conversation with Hon Ralph Regenvanu

by Tess Newton Cain and Ralph Regenvanu

The Australian Navy's HMAS Huon docked at Luganville (Credit: RadioNZ)

25 June 2018

Australia’s relationships with its Pacific Island neighbours should not be about China

by Matthew Dornan

Screenshot of the Lowy Institute's Chinese aid map

11 April 2018

Factoring the Pacific into Australia’s approach to China

by Bal Kama

PNG National Parliament, 2013 (Credit: Michelle Rooney)

5 April 2018

Moving beyond now in women’s political representation in Papua New Guinea

by Nayahamui Michelle Rooney

Youth getting energised for an election rally in East Timor (Kate Dixon/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

20 February 2018

Where to now for Timor-Leste and its growing youth bulge?

by Benjamin Sullivan

Humanitarian supplies being loaded for transport to Koro island (DFAT/Flickr/CC-BY-2.0)

25 January 2018

Book review: Australia’s Foreign Aid Dilemma

by Tess Newton Cain

'Akilisi Phovia, Prime Minister of Tonga (ITU Pictures/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

12 January 2018

Pacific predictions: what to expect in 2018

by Tess Newton Cain

2017 PNG Update

10 November 2017

2018 PNG Update call for papers

by Sachini Muller

Mazrak Camp, Yemen (Annasofie Flamand/IRIN/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

25 October 2017

Ending crisis, ending hunger: in conversation with WFP’s Muhannad Hadi

by Sachini Muller and Muhannad Hadi

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