Papua New Guinea is Australia’s nearest neighbour – but for many, it rarely enters their consciousness. Now is the time to show the PNG people what a good neighbour Australia can be.
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Deforestation can make landslides more likely. But by itself, replanting trees isn’t enough to remove the risk.
PNG naturally has its own understanding of history, as well as today’s security environment. But we shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the second world war to the PNG-Australia relationship.
Anthony Albanese will trek the Kokoda track on Tuesday and Wednesday, before attending the Anzac Day Dawn Service. The trek is a favourite with politicians.
What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins.
With the arrival of 39 foreign nationals in Western Australia, debate around boat arrivals has been re-ignited. What happens if you come by plane instead?
The deadly violence in Port Moresby has several triggers – but deeper answers can be found in the city’s history.
Three new surveys paint a mixed picture of local feelings about China. The participants did not simply ‘love China’ or ‘hate China’, but had more complicated perceptions of the country.
From the cuscus with the fancy coat, to the wallaby often sporting a single white glove, a wide variety of life evolved on island homes in the south-west Pacific.
Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
This week has shown Australia’s partners have come to understand they cannot leave it to Australia alone to carry the democratic standard in the Pacific.
The security treaty signed last week is the logical next step in the two countries’ relationship. But Australia’s interests in PNG should remain broad-based.
Melanesia’s tropical islands are home to at least 700 species of frogs – many with tiny ranges. We must safeguard these biological treasures.
Oral histories talk about a major tectonic event 250 years ago, which changed the course of a river flowing through Lae today.
The project threatens catastrophic harm to one of the world’s most important river systems, and the people who depend on it.
To repair our relationship with the Pacific, the new government must make swift decisions addressing the climate emergency. But that’s just the starting point.
Gift-giving might seem needlessly cumbersome and stressful. But the costs and benefits of the custom aren’t what they seem.
First Nations leaders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai filed a landmark class action against the Australian government to protect communities in the Torres Strait from climate change.
Many in PNG have access to the vaccine, even in the remotest corners of the country. But the problem is a deep-seated fear of the vaccine.
Struggling with a a fragile healthcare system, remote populations and widespread fear of the vaccine, COVID is running rampant in PNG. Australia has done much to help, but is it enough?
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Teaching Associate, Monash University
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Professor, Program Director of Health Security and Head of Vector-borne Diseases & Tropical Public Health, Burnet Institute; Laboratory Head, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute; Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, PNG Institute of Medical Research, Burnet Institute
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Researcher in Political Science, The University of Melbourne
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Professor, Constitutional Law and Peace-building, Department of Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
