The Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue is set to become an annual event.
Lowy Institute
There’s a new Liberal-National Coalition government in Canberra, led by Tony Abbott. Jenny Hayward-Jones considers the implications for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific.
Pacific leaders in the media spotlight this week, while the business benefits of Manus Island are debated and Australia issues an apology.
An Australian diplomat in PNG nominates and then withdraws from the race to replace former PM Julia Gillard, while raw coffee prices fall as consumption flatlines.
Thoughts on why so many Australian ministers to visit PNG recently, closer trade ties with Indonesia loom, and Vanuatu’s new PM discusses changing the status quo.
There’s been plenty of international media coverage of last week’s visit by the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to PNG … this and other international stories
Radio Australia reports that PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has ‘ blasted his public service over the granting of controversial [SABL] leases’ and more …
Nautilus remains optimistic
The revelation last week—via an HSBC report—that the Australian dollar is the most overvalued in the world makes you wonder about the PNG kina.