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From arrows to AK-47s: modern warfare and the future of Papua New Guinea

Clashes in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) formed part of a familiar cycle. At least they did until modern weaponry and foreign e...

Fighting a losing battle? Small nations and climate change

The small Pacific island of Palau has been the first country to ban the sale and use of suncream. This is just one of the several environ...

My Country is Burning

My country is burning. The Australian bushfires have turned the skies from blue, to a deathly black, to a scorching red. The fires have k...

New Zealand and the surprising battle over abortion

New Zealand. Home of beautiful mountains, amazing butter and The Hobbit. More recently, it has made headlines thanks to its young, ‘woke’...

A constitutionally enshrined aboriginal voice is a necessity in Australia

In Australian politics, socio-economic inequalities and frustrations among indigenous communities are among a few of the many effects tha...

Budgeting happiness: New Zealand's approach

New Zealand’s Labour coalition government has created the world’s first ‘Well-being Budget.’ The 2019 budget marks a historic shift in how...

Jacinda Ardern's response to the Christchurch attack is a model for the world to follow

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s immediate response to the Christchurch shootings as a far-right terrorist attack have been pr...

Political Turmoil Leaves Australia Floundering

Even in these heady days of Brexit and Trump, Australian politics continues to lead the way in its example of absolute political chaos. I...

Australia is treating China like the expansionist power it really is

The United States has been the dominant player in the Pacific since the end of World War Two and has a well-established military presence...

The unbreakable Australian mould

In 2008 Kevin Rudd came to power in Australia on a Labour Party platform that promised change for minorities and indigenous peoples in th...

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