Not helping women plan pregnancies is a missed opportunity to reduce PNG's birth rate and related pressures on public ...

Gross National Disposable Income (GNDI) is a better measure of economic performance than either Gross National Income or Gross Domestic Product, but is rarely used. The Pacific is the only region ...

Despite repeated warnings, those with the power to act failed to prevent the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, says ...

Prior to the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, one of us (Eliuta) argued that China’s tactics over past Forums to marginalise Taiwan have aimed to reinforce the “One China” principle.

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 ...

Over the past few years, Papua New Guinea has witnessed some of the most significant anti-corruption reforms in its history. From establishing a new Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to ...

Picture this: a migrant worker is about to send US$200 home to the Philippines. They face a seemingly simple choice between two money transfer operators. One offers PHP59 per US dollar, matching the ...

This is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. The May 2025 federal election has resulted in a parity parliament in Australia. For the first time since Federation, both chambers of ...

The Pacific had an unusually high profile in the 2022 Australian election campaign. Labor was able with great effect to challenge the Coalition’s normally strong credentials in the national security ...

Most Pacific island countries got off relatively lightly with last week’s Trump “reciprocal” tariff announcement. Ten were given tariffs of 10%, the minimum handed out. (Timor-Leste also got a 10% ...

Although the Trump administration is now attempting to walk back some of the most obviously murderous aspects of its aid freeze, its ramifications remain: the damage already done, the effects on work ...

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