Tonga to build 200 prefab houses for PIF leaders meeting as accommodation falls short pina.com.fj/2024/04/11/ton… via @PINA

Also great to have been part of this discussion about human security in the Indo-Pacific. Vital to engage the region’s own security priorities. Thanks to chair Esperanza Martinez and fellow panelists Bridi Rice Oliver Nobetau

A pleasure to represent the The Lowy Institute at the National Security Conference alongside some intellectual rockstars Ian Kemish AM, Bridi Rice and our chair Esperanza Martinez.

Japan and Great Power Competition in the Pacific – The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/04/japan-…

“Solomon Islands: Democracy on the ballot” lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

'[Despite the current high global demand and prices] challenges persist for the future of the PNG cocoa industry, including the ageing of the population of smallholder farmers,' say Tom Swan, Josie Saul and Chris Fidelis.

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Solomon Islands: Democracy on the ballot | Meg Keen, Oliver Nobetau ift.tt/wub1eNB

Been relishing my time so far at the The Lowy Institute ! Excited for the year ahead - a pleasure to catch-up with our Executive Director Michael Fullilove .

Insightful analysis on the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 election from The Lowy Institute Dr Meg Keen and Oliver Nobetau

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Applications are closing soon for the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism. Up to two journalists will each receive $10,000 to produce content profiling issues on the ground in the Pacific region. walkleys.com/grants/sean-do…

The stakes are high in next week's election in Solomon Islands. Catch up with the latest The Lowy Institute Pacific Change Makers podcast to parse the facts from the fiction.

#TOP : POLICE Commissioner David Manning has signed a new four year contract in front of Governor General Sir Bob Dadae this morning.

Read more here: ( postcourier.com.pg/police-commiss… )

The ABC is on the look out for the next our next generation of Pacific reporters, producers and presenters.
If you're in high school in Australia it could be for you! It’s open to Year 10, 11 and 12 - who identify as Pacific Islander or Māori.
Apply now 👇🏾
careers.abc.net.au/en/job/503853/…

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Join us on 3 May, Alyssa Leng presents on Are government ministers in Papua New Guinea more likely to be re-elected?

⏰12.30pm - 1.30pm (AEDT/PGT)
📍In person at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy or #UPNG or online
📝Register here: events.devpolicy.org/20240503-media

My thanks to APNIC for re-publishing for the #tech community the findings of research I’ve done with Moses Sakai. Since 2020, we've been monitoring #mobile #internet prices in #PapuaNewGuinea . Prices are now falling. See: blog.apnic.net/2024/04/09/mob…
#PNG #Pacific
Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) devpolicy.org

“AIFFP has in fact recently posted some information about the PNG ports investment. Remarkably, the 14-page business case contains not a single word about port pricing or policy risks more generally,” say Stephen Howes and Bobby Kunda.
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This is a moment in time.

#PNG Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso taking that time to engage with Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General Esala Nayasi.

Humility is a virtue. Tenk yu #DPM

Thank you Leanne Jorari for the photo.

#OneBluePacific #PapuaNewGuinea

The most recent Pacific Change Maker podcast on the Solomon Islands elections with Dr Anouk Ride, long time resident of Honiara and Sol expert at ANU. some wonderful insights on why the elections matter for democracy, inclusion and stability. lowyinstitute.org/publications/p…

U.S. Set to Expand Naval Base in Papua New Guinea - USNI News news.usni.org/2024/04/06/u-s…

“PNG’s ICCC found that the prices ICTSI was charging … were exorbitant, so much so that it earned a rate of return in excess of 100% in 2022,” say Stephen Howes & Bobby Kunda. “[That] means that in a single year your profits exceed your total investment.”
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