PNG Update is the premier forum for the discussion of research and analysis relating to contemporary economic and public policy issues in PNG.

Student-led awareness raising campaigns are a great way to reach people because students often have the trust of the ...

Primary school students need respectful-relationships education to improve outcomes for the next generation, says Michael Suau.

Vanuatu’s new coalition government recently announced a proposed electoral reform to restrict political candidacy to indigenous and third-generation naturalised citizens. Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s ...

As Papua New Guinea approaches the 50th anniversary of independence, its political landscape remains as fluid as ever. Prime Minister James Marape survived a vote of no confidence (VONC) in September ...

Humanitarian work faces increasing challenges in adapting to a more dangerous and complex global order characterised by heightened conflict, geopolitical tensions, climate crises and resource scarcity ...

In an era of increased geopolitical competition, there are growing calls for policy makers and citizens in Australia and New Zealand to improve their understanding of the Pacific Islands region. To ...

Papua New Guinea will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary as an independent nation in September 2025. This momentous milestone will undoubtedly be marked by jubilant celebrations. However, it also ...

Ongoing wars and conflict around the world expose how international law and norms can be co-opted. With the US pulling out again from the Paris Climate Agreement, and other international commitments, ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

Using a survey experiment with a representative sample of over 5,000 respondents in Australia, we find substantial and contradictory misperceptions across the number, origins and labour market ...