Australian aid | Papua New Guinea & the Pacific | Global development policy
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This week: why Tonga's Chinese debt won't be forgiven and who pays instead, plus what Solomon Islands' LDC graduation will actually change.
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🚨Registration Open
Join us as Anna Kapil and Terence Wood presents “2026 Annual Student Opinion Survey"
⏰6 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm PGT; 1.30-2.30pm AEDT
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The OECD says Pacific health aid is set to fall 16% between 2024 and 2026, with PNG, Tokelau and Kiribati hit hardest. Australia's own Pacific health aid drops almost 11%, and the Coalition plans to halve the humanitarian intake to 10,000.
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Full program out now!🚶♀️#AAC2026 in Canberra from 2-4 Dec
5 keynotes | 48 sessions | Dinner at @nma
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📢 Buy AAC2026 Dinner tickets now: Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh, @BRACworld at @nma on 3 December
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2-4 Dec at ANU
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Fiji’s constitutional referendum Bill passed by just three votes, on a counting rule that conflicts with Parliament’s own Standing Orders. Campaign regulations and the final referendum Bill text still haven’t been published.
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#Fiji
70% of Papua New Guineans are still offline, and internet costs are among the highest in the region. A new ANU-UPNG submission argues competition, not state control, is the way to close the gap.
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#PNG #InternetAccess #DigitalDivide #RESET50
🚨Registration Open
Join us as Anna Kapil and Terence Wood presents “2026 Annual Student Opinion Survey"
⏰6 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm PGT; 1.30-2.30pm AEDT
📍In person @Crawfordschool or #UPNG or Zoom
📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/2026110…
Tenkyu tru Jean Martin, Evonne Kennedy and Serena Sasingian for sharing insights on the important role of business in the development journey of PNG last night at the ANU Pasifika Students Assoc seminar supported by Devpol.
An event recording will be posted in the coming week.
Solomon Islands graduates from LDC status in December 2027, but aid, trade preferences and EU market access are expected to largely continue. The real loss is climate finance — and the economy's narrow base remains the bigger challenge.
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📢 AAC2026 Keynote speaker: Nick Enrich, Former USAID head of global health
Tickets on sale till Nov 25 ➡️ events.humanitix.com/2026-au…
2-4 Dec
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‼️Join us today to explore how businesses can drive social change in PNG!
💡Hear from 3 practitioners as they share insights, challenges and lessons from development initiatives.
⏰26 Oct, 5.00-6.30pm AEDT
📍In person @ANUCrawford or Zoom
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Why Tonga's Chinese debt won't be forgiven, and who pays instead
By Jack Salmon
Why China won't forgive Tonga's Eximbank debt, and how Australian budget support is quietly covering the shortfall.
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🌏Discover how businesses can drive social change in PNG!
💡Hear from 3 experienced practitioners as they share insights, challenges and lessons from development initiatives.
⏰26 Oct, 5.00-6.30pm AEDT
📍In person @ANUCrawford or Zoom
📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/2026102…
This week: PNG's three women MPs eye 2027, plus PNG's economy, Lesotho aid lessons, Solomon Islands journalist safety and PNG civic education.
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Come to ANU on Monday!🌏Discover how businesses can drive social change in PNG 🇵🇬
💡Hear from 3 experienced practitioners as they share insights, challenges & lessons from development initiatives.
26 Oct ⏰5.00-6.30pm AEDT
@ANUCrawford or Zoom
Register: events.devpolicy.org/2026102…
🚨Registration Open
Join us as Anna Kapil and Terence Wood presents “2026 Annual Student Opinion Survey"
⏰6 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm PGT; 1.30-2.30pm AEDT
📍In person @Crawfordschool or #UPNG or Zoom
📝 Register: events.devpolicy.org/2026110…
New survey of PNG student teachers finds strong confidence teaching civic values and national symbols, but much shakier confidence on the Constitution and civic institutions like government agencies.
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#PNG #CivicEducation #Education
Solomon Islands should set up a national framework to protect journalists before a crisis forces the issue, argues a new Devpolicy Blog piece. Legal threats, online harassment and source-identifying police searches are already testing Pacific…
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📢 2026 Mitchell Oration: Sri Mulyani Indrawati (Indonesia)
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2-4 Dec ANU
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