It’s election year in Vanuatu…things could get interesting
Friday
7th February
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came…
Category Archive: Region | Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
Pacific predictions 2020
Friday
24th January
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | As we enter not only a new year but a new decade, there is…
A look back at 2019 in the Pacific
Friday
10th January
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Before we get too much further into 2020, here is a look back at…
More questions after the Pacific Q&A
Thursday
5th December
2019
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Perhaps the most telling exchange on this week’s Q&A broadcast from Suva came…
The state of the step-up: Australia’s engagement with the Pacific
Friday
29th November
2019
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Since winning the election in May 2019, Scott Morrison has maintained his categorical statement…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 9 September
Wednesday
9th September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Solomon Islands political tensions In Solomon Islands, tensions between the provincial government of Malaita…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 16 September
Wednesday
16th September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Papua New Guinea seeks further loans for economic bailout Papua New Guinea has passed…
Pacific Finance and Economic Ministers meet online
Thursday
20th August
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Earlier this month the Finance and Economic Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum member…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 23 September
Wednesday
23rd September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Fallout in Samoa after Deputy Prime Minister resigns In Samoa, the Prime Minister,…
Regionalism in retreat
Monday
15th February
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Prophesies of the end of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as we know it…