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  • 10 Dec 2019
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Favourites of 2019: ABC primetime returns to the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke
    Friction between the panel and audience and Australia’s climate change policies was on display – and plenty more, too.
  • 15 Oct 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific

    “Accepting the science”, rejecting the action

    Nic Maclellan
    If the Morrison government is on board with reducing emissions, as it seems to claim, it needs to step up its policies.
  • 30 Sep 2019
    • Australia and the Pacific

    With Pacific step up, a chance to step in

    Alan C. Tidwell
    Australia can help strengthen partners’ understanding of the Pacific, as a counter to China’s growing reach.
  • 3 Sep 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Waking up to Australia’s real Pacific family

    Wadan Narsey
    A simple act of generosity could have recast Australia’s climate-change politics in the region for the better.
  • 13 Aug 2019
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Does Chinese aid make Australians more generous?

    Jonathan Pryke , Terence Wood , Christopher Hoy
    A survey finds surprising results when Australians are asked to consider Chinese aid in the Pacific.
  • 12 Aug 2019
    • Maritime Security
    • Australia and the Pacific

    It’s time for a “Quad” of coast guards

    David Brewster
    This modest proposal could help bring stability and security to the Indo-Pacific, without the military fanfare.
  • 5 Jun 2019
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands

    Stepping out – and up – in the hot mess of the Pacific

    Mary-Louise O’Callaghan
    <p>Personal connections matter, and Scott Morrison’s ties to the Pacific run deeper than many realise.</p>
  • 16 May 2019
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia’s election 2019

    What’s on offer? Pacific policy and Australia’s election

    Euan Moyle
    Far more than previous years, the region is in vogue for both parties with a choice greater than might be assumed.
  • 29 Mar 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • France

    Ignoring international law in the Blue Pacific

    Nic Maclellan
    Colonised peoples have rights to resources, on land and in the oceans, and this must be recognised.
  • 12 Mar 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Canberra’s Pacific pivot is bereft of vision

    Edward Cavanough
    The government’s motivations appear sincere but are riddled with anxiety about the risks of investing in the region.
  • 28 Feb 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Sovereignty for citizenship might help the Pacific

    Bruce Hill
    You can’t eat sovereignty, you can’t drink independence, and you can’t build a house in the middle of the ocean.
  • 14 Feb 2019
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    The curious case of aid concentration in Papua New Guinea

    Jonathan Pryke
    The extreme concentration of aid from Australia to PNG stands out. It may be time for others to get involved.
  • 12 Feb 2019
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia, BRI backlash should be a warning on loans

    Tim Watkin
    The rush to loan-financed infrastructure is a geopolitical play, but does not consider the wellbeing of the recipients.
  • 30 Jan 2019
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia’s new Pacific Czar

    James Batley
    The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s new Office of the Pacific is a sign of the step up being made real.
  • 23 Nov 2018
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Morrison and the Pacific: the good, the gaffe, and the omission

    William Fisher
    The rediscovery of the Pacific covers important ground but raising Australia’s broadcast voice is a chance to do better.
  • 25 Oct 2018
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Nauru

    Never too late to get the kids off Nauru

    Jane McAdam
    Australia is overdue to respond to the deterioration of the mental and physical health of refugee children on Nauru.
  • 8 Oct 2018
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Turning the dial on international broadcasting

    Jonathan Pryke , Shane McLeod
    Australia may think it has been silenced but there are avenues for it to increase the volume in the Pacific.
  • 27 Apr 2018
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Review: Safeguarding Australia’s security interests through closer Pacific ties

    James Batley
    James Batley says more attention should be paid to the role Pacific island countries play in regional security.
  • 8 Dec 2017
    • Australia and the Pacific

    No zero-sum game in greater Pacific ties

    Greg Colton
    Australia can play a major role in setting the agenda to the gain of all Pacific island nations.
  • 6 Dec 2017
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    What next for Papua New Guinea?

    Jonathan Pryke
    Experts assess policy options for PNG after a tumultuous year for Australia’s nearest neighbour.
  • 23 Nov 2017
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific

    To lead in the Pacific, Australia must lead on climate change

    Greg Colton
    Australia’s position as the world’s largest coal exporter does not sit easy with many Pacific Islanders.
  • 7 Nov 2017
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    Cleaning up the Manus damage

    Anna Kirk
    PNG is Australia’s nearest neighbour, former colony and one of Australia’s most important bilateral partners.
  • 17 Aug 2017
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • New Zealand

    Paranoia on Aotearoa

    John Gooding
    On New Zealand, Turnbull, Pyne and Bishop have engaged in poor foreign policy at the behest of even worse domestic politicking.
  • 6 Jul 2017
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Solomon Islands

    The end of RAMSI: A new beginning for policing in the Pacific

    Amanda Kates
    Wherever our officers are sent in the future, they will have a better understanding of how to work with partners in building and developing law enforcement capability.
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia's marriage-equality debate reverberates through the Pacific

    As the LGBTQ+ community in Australia continues the struggle for marriage equality, some are asking what impact this will have for our neighbours, especially in nations which still criminalise homosexuality.
  • 28 Sep 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Mapping Pacific aid: Facebook, India and money laundering

    Danielle Cave
  • 23 Dec 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Pacific links: Fiji's budget, Ok Tedi restructure, renewables, holiday reading and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 16 Dec 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Pacific Island links: COP21, New Caledonian nickel, PNG education system and more

  • 30 Nov 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Aid & development links: new C'wealth chief, metadata census, fundraising costs and more

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 25 Nov 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Pacific Island links: AFP in PNG, female MPs, Vanuatu election, remittances and more

  • 12 Nov 2015
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Fiji

    The rebuild Fiji democracy project: set back by threat to police independence

    Jenny Hayward-Jones
  • 29 Oct 2015
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • New Caledonia

    Trouble in New Caledonia over links with China

    Denise Fisher
  • 25 Sep 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Foreign Policy

    Turnbull's new cabinet is great news for the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke
  • 16 Sep 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    Could PNG teach Australia a thing or two about political stability?

    Sean Dorney
  • 1 Sep 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia–Papua New Guinea relations: Could do better

  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Papua New Guinea: Keep calm and muddle through?

  • 23 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Development Assistance
    • Foreign Policy
    • Migration
    • Papua New Guinea

    Australia's PNG solution: The seeds of sectarianism?

    William Stoltz
  • 25 Jun 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and the Pacific

    For Papua's independence activists, the struggle is about more than human rights

    Michael Bachelard
  • 23 Jun 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia and the Pacific

    In Papua's health centres, a glimpse of dysfunction and corruption

    Michael Bachelard
  • 22 Jun 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Papua's education malaise

    Michael Bachelard
  • 19 Jun 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Public Opinion Polling

    For Australians, is PNG a partner or an obligation?

  • 19 Jun 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and the Pacific

    How government is failing the people of Papua

    Michael Bachelard
  • 17 Jun 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia and the Pacific

    With the missionaries of Papua

    Michael Bachelard
  • 21 May 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea

    Australia-PNG diplomatic spat needs swift resolution

    Jenny Hayward-Jones
  • 13 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Emerging Donors
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Australia's Pacific aid budget spared from serious cuts

  • 27 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Resource security
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Development Assistance
    • Climate change

    Cyclone Pam: A photo essay from a volunteer

  • 16 Feb 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Timor-Leste: New prime minister, new approach

    Gordon Peake
  • 22 Jan 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Fiji

    Freedom of the press in Fiji under pressure

    Bruce Hill
  • 11 Dec 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Jerry Singirok on PNG violence

  • 9 Dec 2014
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Military-police violence in PNG: Australia must pay attention

    Karl Claxton
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