The re-elected Labor Government‘s political capital should be used to improve the quality and measurement of Australia’s aid ...

The current OECD Development Assistance Committee peer review of Australia's aid effort takes place at a critical moment, ...

What started out as a trivial story barely worthy of public attention has grown into a full-blown crisis for the Sitiveni Rabuka-led government in Fiji. A Commission of Inquiry (COI) report into the ...

Reproductive justice is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children or not have children, and parent children in safe and sustainable communities. In a recent study, I explored ...

This article is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. With the Australian Labor Party returning to power, Pacific island governments will appreciate the continuity in diplomacy ...

PNG is finally holding its local level government (LLG) elections this year. The result of these elections is important, as LLGs are PNG’s lowest tier of government and provide services directly to ...

There is growing evidence that King Tupou VI has found a kindred spirit in Prime Minister Dr ‘Aisake Valu Eke and that they are hitting it off. This is in clear contrast to the working relations ...

This edited collection compiles some of the most compelling writing on Pacific migration from the Devpolicy Blog from July 2023 to April 2025. Author biographies are provided at the back of the ...

This is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series.. The May 2025 federal election has resulted in a parity parliament in Australia. For the first time since Federation, both chambers ...

If it wasn’t already, it is clear now that the US has left the building on aid and international development — at least for the foreseeable future. One only need look at the Trump administration’s ...

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This post is an edited version of a keynote speech delivered on 4 June at the 2025 Pacific Update.View the full speech and the livestream.. In 2018, a consortium of private sector institutions in ...