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Building peace from the ground up: a call for a peace strategy in PNG
Prof Sinclair Dinnen and Prof Miranda Forsyth write in Development Policy Blog

Launch of the 2024 Solomon Islands Election Research Report
Dr Colin Wiltshire is mentioned in Sunday Isles

Landmark election study launched in Honiara
Dr Colin Wiltshire is mentioned in The Island Sun

Humanitarian assistance in the Pacific should be led by Pacific countries
Miranda Booth, Henrietta McNeill and Genevieve Quirk write in The Strategist

Bougainville president condemns AI video of him punching PNG PM
Michael Kabuni speaks to ABC Radio

Will PNG be on the anti-money laundering grey list? — Part 2
Michael Kabuni and Grant Walton write in Development Policy Blog

Will PNG be on the anti-money laundering grey list? — Part 1
Michael Kabuni writes in Development Policy Blog

50 years of independence in PNG: What do we need to think about for the future of the Australia-PNG Partnership?
Dr Kerryn Baker writes in Development Intelligence Lab

Upcoming & past events
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Mon, 5 Feb 2024

Rethinking the Boe Declaration and Security in the Pacific

Please join PhD candidate Ms Leituala Kuiniselani Tago-Elisara as she provides an update during her research journey.
Thu, 14 Dec 2023

Schooling for Revolution: the Student Movement in Timor Leste

This seminar presents a brief summary of the PhD thesis ‘Schooling for Revolution: The Role of Education in the Struggle for East Timor Independence’.
Tue, 24 Oct 2023

He aha ō tātou? Understanding the 2023 New Zealand election and its impact

Join our panel discussion about the 2023 New Zealand election and its impact.
Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Pacific states and peoples inside global climate change negotiations

Pacific states and peoples inside global climate change negotiations (UNFCCC COP): from consensus, coherence to ‘climate updated’
Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Revisiting the Papua New Guinea Dictionary of Contemporary Biography

The Papua New Guinea Dictionary of Contemporary Biography (PNGDCB) was a collaborative research project based in Port Moresby from 1984–89 aimed at exploring aspects of the nation’s past through th
Tue, 8 Aug 2023

Digitisation for Pacific cultural materials
Nick talks about the role of Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures in preserving Pacific cultural material.
Tue, 25 Jul 2023

A Voyage Through the Pacific: Triple Book Launch
We cordially invite you to an evening celebrating the highly anticipated launches of three extraordinary publications.
Mon, 24 Jul 2023

The Idea of Ownership: The Flaws in the Samaritan’s Dilemma
Suzanne O’Neill examines the influence of the idea of ownership on development partnerships in two Pacific countries, Samoa and Kiribati.
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Cover of 'Islands of Hope'
by DPA

Book Review and launch details — Islands of Hope: Pan-Pacific Indigenous Resource Management in a Changing Pacific
Dr Stewart Firth's review of 'Islands of Hope' (co-edited by Paul D'Arcy) and book launch details.
Family Protection Orders

A study on the use and efficacy of protection orders as a key response to domestic and family violence in Papua New Guinea
Although domestic violence legislation has been enacted in many middle and low income countries, there is very little evidence of how they have worked in diverse socio-cultural and political settings.
Workshop participants at Pasifika House, Brisbane, 9 December 2022.
by DPA

Workshops on safety and wellbeing of Pacific workers in Australia
Researchers from DPA held workshops to discuss the preliminary findings of research on the safety and wellbeing experiences of people who are working in Australia with the PALM scheme.
  • Welfare
  • Labour Migration
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Dr Judy Putt with the award

Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’ awarded to the research project on 'Family Protection Orders'
The research project on 'The use and efficacy of family protection orders in PNG' has been awarded the Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’.
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
People on a boat in Papua New Guinea
by PXhere

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2022
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2022.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
Bilums from PNG

New research released on family protection orders in Papua New Guinea
This research is the first of its kind in PNG that specifically looks at how family protection orders are working following the introduction of the Family Protection Act.
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Symposium on family protection orders in the Pacific region
This symposium aims to share knowledge and experience on how well the orders are working, what the challenges are, and to agree on priorities for future action.
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How does the ‘Pacific’ fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’? The changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands
This workshop used the question of how the Pacific fits into the Indo-Pacific as a starting point to analyse the changing geopolitics of the Pacific Islands and implications for the region and Aus.