That sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG is met with impunity isn’t for lack of funding, say Michael Main and James Komengi.

Australian aid transparency has improved markedly but there is scope for further improvement, say Terence Wood & Estelle Stambolie.

Abstract: This report covers the 2025 Australian Aid Transparency Audit run by the ANU Development Policy Centre. The Centre audits Australian aid program transparency every three years – previous ...

Public office remains a double-edged sword in Indonesia, bringing a stable income but also many demands for support, says Garry Rosario da Gama.

On 26 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of states in relation to climate change. The judgment reaffirmed that ...

The late Agnes Titus’s friends and colleagues celebrate her 50-year contribution to peace and women’s rights in Bougainville.

Crime fiction is abidingly popular. Five of the top ten books bought in Australia last week were mystery novels. Why is that so? Partly the reason is the obvious fun of working out a puzzle, but fans ...

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Duncan Green shares lesson learned from the Australian government-supported Building Community Engagement in PNG program.

This is the second post in a three-part series on the work of a program seeking to strengthen relations between citizens and the state in Papua New Guinea. In my previous post, I looked at several ...

Timor-Leste has a reputation for having some of the slowest and most expensive internet services in the world. But things are beginning to change. Timor-Leste is one of the last countries in the ...

In a year that has seen climate-related disasters, escalating conflict and increasing global displacement, the system intended to reduce human suffering is itself being undermined. Humanitarian ...