For Australia, Myanmar has become a foreign policy impasse — marked by condemnation, humanitarian commitment and a reliance ...

Is it possible to predict election outcomes in Papua New Guinea? Testing the Hegarty Rule This presentation evaluates a model using candidate numbers to predict election outcomes, testing its accuracy ...

This seminar will highlight the main findings of the report on the 2022 PNG National General Election and engage the audience in a conversation about electoral integrity and reform. As in previous ...

The Iran–US–Israel conflict carries urgent lessons for Pacific states weighing security agreements with major powers.

Stephen Howes rebuts Naren Prasad's argument that migration and remittance dependence harm Pacific island economies.

In Papua New Guinea, young people are coming of age amid rapid social change. Globalisation, digital media and shifting ...

How can education programs stay effective as they scale? Insights from the 2025 Australasian AID Conference keynote panel.

Between July and December of last year, the number of Pacific Engagement Visas (PEVs) granted to individuals selected in the 2024 ballot climbed from 1,188 to 1,776. That means the success rate for ...

This report shares key findings from the first wave of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey (PLMS). The PLMS is a new multi-country Pacific migration survey covering workers in three different schemes ...

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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 ...

Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector. These regressive and stringent policies have exacted ...