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Is a new visa for agricultural work needed?
We’ve previously written about calls by the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) for the introduction of an agricultural visa to meet labour shortages in Australian agriculture. In a 2017 submission, the...
View ArticleRegulation in small island states
Small island states have led the world in establishing ambitious renewable energy targets over the last decade. This has made the electricity sector a dynamic sector in small island economies, with...
View ArticleLabor is making big promises for a new Pacific development bank, but many...
This week, Opposition leader Bill Shorten used a major foreign policy speech at the Lowy Institute to announce that a future Labor government would establish an infrastructure investment bank for the...
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China in the Pacific: is China engaged in “debt-trap diplomacy”?
Recent media coverage has touted the rise of Chinese aid and lending as a threat to Pacific nations’ sovereignty and to the West’s influence in the Pacific. China, so the narrative goes, is...
View ArticleWill ScoMo’s Pacific step up be an aid budget step back?
Scott Morrison has broken his Prime Ministerial silence on aid this week, in an ‘exclusive’ interview with the Daily Telegraph and a significant speech on the Pacific. On Wednesday, Morrison spoke to...
View ArticleGreen growth and the blue-green economy in the Pacific islands
The term “green growth” and its sister concepts “blue‐green growth,” the “green economy,” and the “blue‐green economy,” have gained considerable traction in the Pacific island region in a short space...
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The China shift in Pacific trade
World leaders are gathering in Port Moresby this week for the APEC Leaders’ meeting. On the sidelines, Xi Jinping will be meeting with leaders of Pacific island countries that recognise the one China...
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Climate change and migration in Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru
The atoll of states of Kiribati and Tuvalu have the unenviable distinction of being among the countries in the world that are most vulnerable to climate change. Both atoll nations are situated just...
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Australia’s problem with Pacific aid
Although one of us (Terence) recently co-authored a report highlighting Australian aid transparency issues, the aid program does deserve credit for placing some very useful information in the public...
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Why is aid less effective in the Pacific?
In our previous post we showed that Australian aid projects are less effective in the Pacific than elsewhere in the developing world. Australia isn’t the only donor to suffer this problem. As two of us...
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