At their annual forum, Australian and Papua New Guinean ministers announced that Australia will provide $150 million to support PNG education and skills programs and $25 million to support improved ...

Sustained investments to promote women’s representation in decision-making are essential to meet PNG’s urgent WaSH needs, say Fanian, Walton and Cox.

On 22 September 2025, readers of PNG’s national newspapers were told that Lands Minister John Rosso had used the power of compulsory acquisition granted to him by Section 12 of the Land Act 1996 to ...

Regardless of your view of US President Donald Trump, it is undeniable that his record of using his particular style of personalist and populist politics to bend the established norms, institutions ...

The Pukpuk Treaty between Papua New Guinea and Australia has been hailed as a landmark military agreement, with both prime ministers reportedly agreeing on the text but holding off on signing. But ...

This report sheds light on the nature of political will towards anti-corruption reform in PNG, through a rapid political economy analysis approach, with a view to informing and improving policy ...

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” Nelson Mandela’s powerful words ...

What started out as a trivial story barely worthy of public attention has grown into a full-blown crisis for the Sitiveni Rabuka-led government in Fiji. A Commission of Inquiry (COI) report into the ...

Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tuimaleali’ifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, has officially dissolved Samoa’s Parliament, effective 3 June 2025, following the defeat of the government’s 2025–26 budget.

In an era of increased geopolitical competition, there are growing calls for policy makers and citizens in Australia and New Zealand to improve their understanding of the Pacific Islands region. To ...

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Once upon a time governance was not a thing in development. It was only about thirty years ago that the ideas of a few academic scribblers began to filter into the development discourse and challenge ...