PNG – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Land of the unexpected https://www.openforum.com.au/land-of-the-unexpected/ https://www.openforum.com.au/land-of-the-unexpected/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:45:23 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47256 Violence has escalated in Papua New Guinea over the last few months and Prime Minister James Marape’s hold on power looks tenuous.

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Turmoil in PNG https://www.openforum.com.au/turmoil-in-png/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:43:04 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46774 PNG has been riven by looting and political instability after police departed their posts due to salary deductions.

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Prospects for PNG https://www.openforum.com.au/prospects-for-png/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:05:54 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46135 PNG’s economy has rebounded since the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing it to host important foreign leaders, reduce the fiscal deficit and introduce exchange rate reforms, but PNG may be entering a period of political uncertainty that puts all these gains at risk.

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Fish farming in PNG https://www.openforum.com.au/fish-farming-in-png/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 21:47:57 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=44471 A UNSW Sydney researcher has received $2.6 million in funding to expand fish farming and its positive social impact in Papua New Guinea.

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Covid-19’s toll on Papua New Guinea https://www.openforum.com.au/covid-19s-toll-on-papua-new-guinea/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:36:11 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=34783 Covid-19 has triggered cascading impacts in PNG’s health, economic, social, civil and administrative sectors while undermining the government’s capacity to address them.

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The COVID crisis on our doorstep https://www.openforum.com.au/the-covid-crisis-on-our-doorstep/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 22:41:32 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32221 Our neighbour’s stability and prosperity are in our interests too. There can be no better example of this than the current crisis in PNG.

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China’s debt-trap diplomacy threatens PNG https://www.openforum.com.au/chinas-debt-trap-diplomacy-threatens-png/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:07:02 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=29573 The rapidly deteriorating state of Papua New Guinea’s economy is increasing the danger of China applying economic pressure to extract political concessions.

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Safeguarding Pacific sovereignty from within https://www.openforum.com.au/safeguarding-pacific-sovereignty-from-within/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:32:17 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=21675 The Australian government’s "step-up" in the Pacific looks to safeguard islands from Chinese influence, but tackling domestic crime and corruption is also vital to protect their integrity.

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An unsettled year for PNG https://www.openforum.com.au/an-unsettled-year-for-png/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 22:17:34 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18722 It was a mixed year for Papua New Guinea, with natural disasters, social and political unrest and the growing power of China casting a shadow over the country and its relations with Australia.

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In the post-APEC scramble to lavish funds on PNG, here’s what the country really needs https://www.openforum.com.au/in-the-post-apec-scramble-to-lavish-funds-on-png-heres-what-the-country-really-needs/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:11:07 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18111 If foreign powers really want to make a difference to PNG, one of the poorest nations in the Pacific, then funding telecommunications and solar power kits would be widely welcomed, alongside schemes to use mobile phones to transfer money.

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Mobile money creates opportunities in PNG https://www.openforum.com.au/mobile-money-creates-opportunities-in-png/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 21:35:49 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17914 PNG is a place of great complexity, with a development landscape littered with failed efforts. The potential for mobile money is often expressed in terms of financial inclusion, but there is also potential to improve development and governance.

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Resources curse PNG communities’ future https://www.openforum.com.au/resources-curse-png-communities-future/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:38:45 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=15011 Two recent reports on the massive ExxonMobil-led PNG LNG project have brought renewed attention to the undesirable economic and social impacts of Papua New Guinea’s largest-ever resource extraction enterprise.

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