Papua New Guinea
Economic diplomacy brief: Labor’s Asian policy rebirth, foreign farm investment and PNG’s legal boom
Labor is going back to the future with a distinctly economic determinist approach to future engagement with Asia, at a time when the region's economic 'miracle' is facing some of…
Pacific island links: Ambae evacuation, violence in Mendi, French Polynesia and more
By Euan Moyle, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.
Vanuatu has completed the evacuation of 11,000 residents from Ambae Island as the Manaro volcano threatens to…
Lessons from the PNG elections
This is the fourth of several articles for The Interpreter by Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow and former long-term Papua New Guinea correspondent, Sean Dorney who was…
Will the PNG election ever end?
This is the third of several articles for The Interpreter by the Lowy Institute’s Non-Resident Fellow and former long-time Papua New Guinea correspondent, Sean Dorney who was in…
Pacific links: Solomon Islands PM, PNG’s cabinet, Guam and more
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop addressed an audience in Suva over the weekend to provide more clarity on Australia's new approach to the Pacific, foreshadowed last year…
PNG’s unreliable electoral roll
This is the second of several articles by the Lowy Institute’s Non-Resident Fellow and former long-time Papua New Guinea Correspondent, Sean Dorney, who was in PNG for the…
Is Australia’s approach in the Pacific coming into focus (at last)?
During his visit to the Federated States of Micronesia for the Pacific Islands Forum summit in September 2016, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his government was 'committed…
Papua New Guinea's election surprises
This is the first of several articles for The Interpreter by Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow and former long-time Papua New Guinea correspondent Sean Dorney, who was in PNG…
Commentary
Papua New Guinea: same prime minister, same problems
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.Jonathan Pryke
Peter O’Neill returns for a second term
Papua New Guinea’s Parliament has today returned Peter O’Neill as Prime Minister for a second five-year term, defeating a spirited coalition of parties known as ‘The Alliance’ in…