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Weekly Pacific Bulletin

Pacific nations offer support to Australia Pacific island countries and their peoples have offered support to Australia. As news and images of the bushfires… Read More

Determinants of private sector credit in Papua New Guinea

It is widely accepted that finance is sine qua non for start-up, establishment and expansion of a private sector enterprise; capital is indeed critical for… Read More

From Brisbane to Bougainville: A personal reflection on the referendum

Hope comes from within every one of us and it is the greatest motivation one could ever find. The role hope played in the referendum… Read More

Weekly Pacific Bulletin

Bougainville votes for independence The results of the Bougainville referendum were announced last week. After two weeks of polling, verification and counting proceeded smoothly… Read More

Who is driving the Pacific agenda?

Background The Pacific region is currently the focus of attention by Pacific rim powers mainly concerned about their own security and economic prospects.  The geopolitical… Read More

Weekly Pacific Bulletin

Vanuatu Parliament sits for the last time before elections The Vanuatu Parliament is sitting in Ordinary Session. It is the last session for this… Read More

More questions after the Pacific Q&A

Perhaps the most telling exchange on this week’s Q&A broadcast from Suva came right at the end. Alex Hawke (Australian Minister for International Development… Read More

Weekly Pacific Bulletin

PNG budget handed down The budget for 2020 (the Marape government’s first) has been handed down in Papua New Guinea. The budget reveals more… Read More

The state of the step-up: Australia’s engagement with the Pacific

Since winning the election in May 2019, Scott Morrison has maintained his categorical statement that the Pacific islands region is ‘front and centre of Australia’s… Read More

South Pacific Central Banking Research Conference and Regional Policy Dialogue

The 2019 Griffith-SPCB annual conference held in Port Vila in November brought together South Pacific central bank researchers to share current research on the region with… Read More

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Our research focuses on the trade and business, politics, governance, security, economies and development of the Asia Pacific and their significance for Australia. Griffith University is committed to advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the region.