A Queensland defence and security perspective
PETER LAYTON | Australia has no international land borders but only just. Queensland’s Saibai Island is only 4km from Papua New Guinea… Read More
Region | Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
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Our Pacific Outlook blog features expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest Pacific news and affairs.
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 19 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Prime Minister Sogavare returns from China The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, has returned from a trip… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 5 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Shipping and climate change in focus for Pacific countries Negotiations ahead of this week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 21 June
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Troubled times for James Marape In Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister James Marape is having a rocky time of things. Read More
Pacific Perspectives on the World three years on: progress, problems, and gaps
JAMES COX | In 2019 I convened a team of local and Australian researchers (led by Griffith’s Tess Newton Cain) who brought together the… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 7 June
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Great Council of Chiefs convenes In Fiji the Bose Levu Vakaturaga (Great Council of Chiefs) has convened… Read More
Tourism in the Pacific post-COVID-19
YA SHE | In 2022 most Pacific nations reopened their border to tourists. An absence of tourists for two years had caused disruption… Read More
The significance of Biden’s (almost) Papua New Guinea visit
SEAN JACOBS | The late US Secretary of State George Shultz noted that “diplomatic visits are an important expression of presidential priorities.” Despite… Read More
The Pacific scorecard: How has Penny Wong fared in her first year as Foreign Minister?
TESS NEWTON CAIN | With Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the helm of foreign policy, the Albanese government has set a strong standard for… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 24 May
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Modi in PNG to co-host FIPIC III Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Papua New Guinea to co-host the… Read More
