Just a few weeks ago, Timor-Leste was one of the very few countries which had not registered any...
Category - Pacific and PNG
COVID-19: personal reflections from Fiji
Soon after the announcement of Fiji’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Thursday 19 March...
Fake news and other viruses: helping our seasonal workers stay...
In ordinary times, which these are not, Australians tend not to think very much about the Seasonal...
What will COVID-19 mean for the Pacific: a problem in four parts
What will COVID-19 mean for the Pacific? Right now, the effects of the virus are poised on the edge...
Life in Port Moresby under lockdown
Tuesday, 24 March was the first day of lockdown throughout Papua New Guinea (PNG) in response to...
COVID-19: the situation so far and challenges for PNG
Papua New Guinea (PNG) became the first country in the Pacific to declare a state of emergency...
My education journey … from the Eastern Highlands
I am the first born in my family of seven children. I come from a poor background in a remote part...
Border closures and grounded international travel – implications...
On 19 March 2020, the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand both took the unprecedented move...
COVID-19, localisation and locally led development: A critical...
The humanitarian sector has been debating localisation and the Grand Bargain, for a number of years...
COVID-19 and the horticultural sector: addressing the pending...
It hasn’t taken long for the horticultural industry to flag serious concerns about the coming...