Weekly Pacific Bulletin
Wednesday
4th December
2019
TESS NEWTON CAIN | PNG budget handed down The budget for 2020 (the Marape government’s first)…
Archive: 2019
The G20: Outcomes, issues and prospects
Tuesday
3rd December
2019
On the 29 November 2019, the Griffith Asia Institute hosted the 9th annual Australia-Japan Dialogue with the generous support of…
Earth has a couple more chances to avoid catastrophic climate change. This week is one of them
Tuesday
3rd December
2019
ROB HALES | Almost 200 world leaders gather in Madrid this week for climate talks which…
The state of the step-up: Australia’s engagement with the Pacific
Friday
29th November
2019
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Since winning the election in May 2019, Scott Morrison has maintained his…
The power of the ballot box
Thursday
28th November
2019
The remarkable people of Hong Kong — long written off by outsiders as conformists focused on turning a buck…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
Wednesday
27th November
2019
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Voting commences in the Bougainville referendum Voting in the Bougainville referendum…
Nepal’s border pains: burning effigies of Modi and Xi
Friday
22nd November
2019
Earlier this week, some agitated Nepalese youths poured onto streeets and burnt effigies of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping…
Perspectives:Asia | Bold, Simple or Dumb: Australia’s economic engagement with Asia
Wednesday
20th November
2019
Dr Stephanie Fahey, CEO, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) spoke at the 14 November 2019, Perspectives:Asia talk.
Nuclear deterrence and the US–Australia alliance
Wednesday
20th November
2019
Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington two weeks ago, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds affirmed Australia’s readiness…
Return of the Rajapaksas: Sri Lanka elects Gotabaya Rajapaksa as its next President
Tuesday
19th November
2019
On 17 November 2019, former Defence Chief and brother of the former two-time president Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa…