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.
Australia’s relations with Papua New Guinea and the Pacific under the Abbott Government
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17 Sep 2013 by Leave a Comment
Around the world: media focuses on Pacific strongmen and other international stories
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21 Aug 2013 by
Pacific leaders in the media spotlight this week, while the business benefits of Manus Island are debated and Australia issues an apology.
Emerging leaders dialogue a success
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4 Dec 2013 by
The Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue is set to become an annual event.
Around the world: PNG-based diplomat withdraws from election race and other international stories
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17 Jul 2013 by
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.
Around the world: why all those visits to Papua New Guinea from Australia? and other international stories
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22 May 2013 by
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.
Around the World: Julia Gillard’s visit to Papua New Guinea and other international stories
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15 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
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
Around the world: blast for bureaucrats, TB epidemic, plant & animal discoveries, Fiji warning, China oil imports
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Radio Australia reports that PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has ‘ blasted his public service over the granting of controversial [SABL] leases’ and more …
Around the world: Nautilus’ optimism/Fiji trade unions/West Papua/policy debated
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Nautilus remains optimistic Australian Mining magazine reports that Nautilus Minerals’ interim CEO and President Michael Johnston remains optimistic about resolving its dispute with the PNG Government. ‘We had a number of very good meetings with senior politicians and I’m quite confident that we will get resolution to this dispute in the not too distant future,’ he […]
Around the world: Kina overvalued/military build-up/Toyota rebounds
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20 Feb 2013 by Leave a Comment
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.
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