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

Aid practitioners, researchers and policymakers understand the importance of contemporary aid practice that emphasises “alignment with recipient preferences”, “local ownership of aid”, “locally led ...

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 is a book review of Struggle, reform, boom and bust by Stephen Howes, Martin Davies, Rohan Fox, Maholopa Laveil, Manoj K. Pandey, Kelly Samof and Dek Joe Sum, published in August 2025 for the ...

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.

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I had the privilege of returning to Papua New Guinea in March to speak to university students, officials, researchers and other interested parties about the findings from my PhD research completed at ...