Bougainville’s independence referendum is on the horizon. The prospect of autonomy in other provinces is also growing.

Post-war justice has been elusive, but until grievances are confronted, the consequences of impunity can be deadly.

The size of the aid cheque is no where near as significant as personal connections and sustained neighbourly attention.

Australia and China are playing out an aid-funded geostrategic dance, with Port Moresby the chosen venue.

<p>So much for the “arc of instability”,&nbsp;a PM in Port Moresby now outlasts&nbsp;an&nbsp;Australian counterpart.</p>

Mining, without peace, won’t contribute to a longing for successful self-government and equitable development.

A mass immunisation campaign is needed, and a dedicated effort to lift dismal health standards in the country.

While the downsides of Facebook are obvious, it is not clear that a temporary ban is the answer.

The aim of staging a major summit might be to put the country on the global diplomatic map, but at what cost?

An experiment with limited preferential voting has ended, having created little benefit for women in local politics.

Even if independence is a spur for economic development, social and political difficulties still lie ahead.

When funding stops for the Manus Island refugees, so does the ability to care.

Port Moresby needs to fund relief programs properly and raise awareness in high-risk areas before disasters strike.

A campaign in Western Province seems to be achieving its goals, but TB is a disease that thrives on poverty.

Ten canneries were to be built to capture more value from tuna caught in PNG waters. A decade later, there are no canneries.

Meeting urgent infrastructure needs in PNG is an example where public support can boost private investment.

An oral history project is a welcome way to preserve a range of views on Papua New Guinea's independence.

Experts assess policy options for PNG after a tumultuous year for Australia’s nearest neighbour.

Updates on developments across the Pacific.

It is no secret that the PNG economy is facing some very tough times.

Euan Moyle,an intern with the Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Island Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the region.

PNG is Australia’s nearest neighbour, former colony and one of Australia’s most important bilateral partners.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Labor is going back to the future with a distinctly economic determinist approach to future engagement with Asia.

The evacuation of Vanuatu's Ambae Island, a winner declared in South Highlands province, Cook Islands a developing nation for now and more.

Not all of PNG’s electoral problems could be solved before 2022, but a thorough examination of the lessons learned from 2017 is the way to start.

The count in the final undeclared seat in Papua New Guinea’s 2017 national elections has resumed – more than five weeks after polling was supposed to end.

Julie Bishop speaking on Australia's new approach to the Pacific, violence in PNG's Highland provinces, the real danger facing Guam and more.

The returning officer told us that as many as one in four intending voters in Talsea were being turned away, their names not on the list.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's speech was memorable for both the agenda it set out for relations between Australia and the countries in the Pacific, and the way this was expressed.

The most surprising thing about the 2017 Papua New Guinea Election was the number of sitting MPs who were defeated.

Let's hope this government can deliver on what it has promised to all Papua New Guineans.

More results from PNG's vote, women in Melanesian elections, the Pacific Community and more.

If the EAC is an important element in the governance framework, why was its formation left so late?

It takes a brave or foolish person to predict the outcome of a PNG election. Here goes nothing.

Will the O’Neill government ‘be remembered by the people of Papua New Guinea as the most decisive, action packed, transparent and accountable Government the nation has ever had’ as asserted in the Alotau Accord?

Sir Michael speaks of failings by Australia in PNG, a mistake he made after independence, and the controversial regional payments distributed by MPs.

Young people, previously taught to observe some principles in fighting, are growing up amid conflict without rules.

There's momentum in many parts of the rugby league relationship between Australia and PNG – but more can be done.

The view of Australian ministers in the 1960s and leading up to independence in 1975 was that PNG was doomed to fragment – and quite rapidly.

Storm activity in the Pacific, Australia rebuffs PNG on aid request, drone deliveries and more.

The Cybercrime Act has had and will have major ramifications for the role the internet plays in Papua New Guinean society.

LGBTQ+ asylum seekers detained in centres on Manus Island and Nauru are especially vulnerable to violence.

PNG voters have plenty of reasons to be displeased with the O'Neill government.

A Russian millionaire is in discussions with the government of Kiribati to lease three uninhabited islands.

Internet usage within PNG, while still low, has rapidly increased and with this has come new opportunities but substantial barriers to take-up remain.