The release of the Albanese government’s new international development policy is now being...
Category - Australian development policy
Labor promises not to cut aid
Labor delivered a modest increase in foreign aid in October last year. In this budget, as with the...
Using aid to shift power paradigms in the Pacific
“It’s the leadership, stupid.” This well-worn variation on Bill Clinton’s winning 1992 campaign...
Expert views on Australia’s new aid strategy
When security experts are offering advice to the Australian government on how to do development in...
Shifting the dial on gender equality in Australian aid
It’s no surprise that the coverage of Australia’s international development budget in October...
A new aid strategy: purpose, priorities, and plumbing
For just the third time in almost four decades, a Labor government will bring down a new strategy...
Why Australia should be a generational partner for Pacific...
Faced with a challenge to its profile and influence, Australia needs to frame its approach to the...
A proposal for a new regional compact to promote people mobility
The call for Australia to offer more labour mobility access to the Pacific has been a common theme...
The Simons Report 25 years on – one big mistake
That’s the problem with headlines. They can often be read more ways than one – and that’s my...
The Solomons security shambles, and what it says about us
A spectre is haunting the Pacific. It is focused on Solomon Islands today, but has eyes everywhere...