Australians hold many mistaken beliefs about immigration, which might explain some negative attitudes, say Alyssa Leng, Ryan Edwards and Terence Wood.

A new survey finds the Australian public are largely happy for Pacific migration policy settings to stay the same, say Leng, Edwards and Wood.

Bougainville needs continued peacebuilding support, not just efforts to strengthen law and justice, say Sinclair Dinnen, Dennis Kuiai and Miranda Forsyth.

Businesses, individuals and governments have faced difficulties obtaining foreign exchange (FX) in PNG over the last decade.

Sir Charles Watson Lepani KBE, who passed away on 10 January, was the last surviving member of Papua New Guinea’s famous “Gang of Four”, four young bureaucrats who, at the time of independence, seemed ...

The Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2024 in Canberra. Conference presentations are now available on the Devpolicy ANU website. View keynote addresses and selected conference ...

With just over a year left in her tenure as Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa faces a political upheaval threatening a peaceful end to her term. Ironically, the rule of law — the very ...

The trend in Australian employer demand for seasonal workers — officially short-term Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (ST PALM) workers — from the Pacific and Timor-Leste continues to fall. Based on ...

This an edited version of a speech delivered in Bangkok to the 17-18 December 2024 High-Level Regional Consultation on Financing for Development in Asia and the Pacific in preparation for the Fourth ...

Dr ‘Aisake Valu Eke was elected Prime Minister of Tonga on 24 December 2024, defeating Dr Viliami Uasike Latu, the other candidate, by 16 votes to 8 in a secret ballot. The election resulted from the ...

We republish in two parts an investigation first published by In-depth Solomons and undertaken in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Part 1 described the ...