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International Hamish McDonald 27 January 2024 Political opportunism seems set to follow the looting in Port Moresby
International Mark Baker 1 March 2021 Michael Somare took up the vision for Papua New Guinean independence and ran with it International Mike Steketee 11 September 2020 Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear International Rowan Callick 16 July 2020 Are economic troubles edging Papua New Guinea closer to China? Books & Arts Hamish McDonald 17 June 2020 Books | Australia can’t afford to take its nearest neighbours for granted
International Rowan Callick 5 June 2019 How much will change under new prime minister James Marape?
Essays & Reportage Jo Chandler 1 February 2019 Stalking a giant in Papua New Guinea’s ranges National Affairs Michael Gordon 12 November 2017 The Howard government’s resolution of a similar crisis in 2005 points the way National Affairs Tessa Morris-Suzuki 6 November 2017 Malcolm Turnbull could have responded in any of three ways to New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees. Either of the two alternatives he rejected would have been more just and… International Jon Fraenkel 13 December 2016 Elections across the Pacific this year largely defied the predictions of doomsayers
Essays & Reportage Madeline Gleeson 11 May 2016 Reopening the PNG detention centre attracted bipartisan support, writes Madeline Gleeson. So how did it go so wrong?
International Nic Maclellan 28 August 2015 With the Pacific Islands Forum meeting soon in Port Moresby, many island leaders are expressing frustration at Australia’s climate policies, writes Nic Maclellan Essays & Reportage Klaus Neumann 19 September 2014 Twenty years ago today, the bustling port town of Rabaul was all but destroyed in an eruption that was remarkable in more ways than one National Affairs Peter Mares 3 September 2013 The immigration department is months behind in answering questions from Senate estimate committees – questions that would provide vital information about the… National Affairs Savitri Taylor 5 September 2012 Savitri Taylor takes a close look at the asylum seeker agreements between Australia and Nauru and PNG
International Hank Nelson 26 September 2011 It was the end of an era for Papua New Guinea when Sir Michael Somare retired at the end of June. Or did he? Hank Nelson looks at more months of tumult in PNG politics International Hank Nelson 28 January 2011 Hank Nelson on a festive season of politics in Papua New Guinea Books & Arts Hank Nelson 4 December 2009 BOOKS | Interest in making the pilgrimage might be tapering off, but that gives us an opportunity to understand Kokoda in more complex ways, writes Hank Nelson