Focus

24 Mar 2006
Solomons to PNG

2 Jun 2006
Is PNG serious about tourism?

17 Jul 2006
Does the State let the country down?

21 Jul 2006
Immediate Budget Issues

14 Aug 2006
Where have all our fish gone?

28 Aug 2006
Informal Sector

11 Sep2006
National Development Forum Outcomes

25 Sep 2006
Distance Learning Education and Satellite Communications

9 Oct 2006
Restorative Justice and rehabilitation

23 Oct 2006
Restoring Public Credibility in Government

6 Nov 2006
Tussles over Aid

20 Nov 2006
Climate Change

5 Dec 2006
Silly Season

18 Dec 2006
Good governance and the Economy

8 Jan 2007
Planting the seeds for longer term development.

25 Jan 2007
New year resolutions

5 Feb 2007
Getting the Police back on their feet

26 Feb 2007
What Standards will PNG Accept?

12 Mar 2007
Governance and service delivery

30 Mar 2007
Carbon Trading

10 March 2007
Women Shaping the Future

10 Apr 2007
PNG Women In Informal Sector

23 Apr 2007
Resource Management in PNG

7 May 2007
What is the White Ribbon Campaign?

21 May 2007
Information brings empowerment and opportunity

4 Jun 2007
A healthy and productive population

18 Jun 2007
Work Permit Approvals and Economic Activity

2 Jul 2007
Looking after our towns & cities

16 Jul 2007
Making the right choices – delivering commercial and public goods

Apr 2007
Business opportunities and impediments for PNG Bisinis

23 Apr 2007
PNG in the Region

06 Aug 2007
Election problems and priorities for new Government

07 Aug 2007
Directions for a new government for PNG Bisnis

20 Aug 2007
Open Budgeting

30 Aug 2007
Flannery and fish

17 Sep 2007
Priorities for Govt in lead up to 2008 Budget & energy

08 Oct 2007
Have we Forgotten the Rural Areas

22 Oct 2007
Consistent policies needed for sustainable development

05 Nov 2007
Accountability and participation

17 Dec 2007
2007 Achievers

31 Dec 2007
A Reflection on 2007 and direction for 2008

14 Jan 2008
Taking Responsibility

28 Jan 2008
Sound and consistent policies for climate change-forestry and ICT

11 Feb 2008
Taking responsibiity again

25 Feb 2008
Role of Devleopment Partners

10 Mar 2008
International Women’s Day

25 Mar 2008
Who can pressure the Government to be accountable?

7 Apr 2008
New Economic Scenario and implications

21 Apr 2008
Facing not avoiding PNG’s Challenges: including the Highlands Highway (Land of the unexpected..)

4 May 2008
Decentralisation and Sub-National Fiscal Reform

18 May 2008
Agriculture

2 Jun 2008
Agriculture Part 2

17 Jun 2008
Climate Change, Forests and Carbon Trading

30 Jun 2008
Should we Dream for the Better Future of PNG

15 Jul 2008
Can we Manage our Natural Resources

28 Jul 2008
Credit where credit is due

11 Aug 2008
Community Oversight of the District Grants

25 Aug 2008
Leadership and Agriculture

8 Sep 2008
Recommendations of the 2008 National Development Forum

29 Sep 2008
State Responsibilities, Capacity and Public Private Partnerships

16 Oct 2008
Let’s not be like sheep

3 Nov 2008
Hurdles left in 2009

17 Nov 2008
Mobile Phone banking and restoring performance and morale into the public sector

1 Dec 2008
2009 Budget Passed

22 Dec 2008
Building a Common Purpose and an Embracive Society in PNG

23 Dec 2008
District Funding

15 Jan 2009
New US President global regional and local issues

2 Feb 2009
International Open Budget Survey results 2008

17 Feb 2009
Making the right moves during economic uncertainty

2 Mar 2009
Restoring Social Contract between the People and the State

16 Mar 2009
Nationhood and finding the right balances

30 Mar 2009
Can we reform without a crisis?

5 Apr 2009
The need to greatly enhance the management and quality of PNG expenditure

12 Apr 2009
Applying some self restraint

11 May 2009
Land Grabs

25 May 2009
Poverty and Opportunity

9 Jun 2009
Investment, Employment and Rule of Law

22 Jun 2009
Institutional Capacity to Deliver Services and Learning from other experience

6 Jul 2009
Avoiding a divided society

21 Jul 2009
Getting the most out of the Private and Public sectors and Value Adding in the Economy

3 Aug 2009
Public Commitment to Safeguarding and Strengthening Democratic Institutions

17 Aug 2009
Transport infrastructure, services and safety

31 Aug 2009
2009 CIMC National Development Forum on Agriculture and Rural Development

5 Oct 2009
Payments for Environmental Services

13 Oct 2009
Safeguarding the Critical Powers of the Ombudsman Commission

20 Oct 2009
Safeguarding priority expenditure over the next 5 years

19 Nov 2009
2010 Budget

18 Dec 2009
Land Resources

31 Dec 2009
Facing up to threats and violence

8 Feb 2010
Dawn of a new economy

22 Feb 2010
The State of our Transport Infrastructure

8th Mar 2010
Policies and Practice – Giving the Landowners a Real Option from REDD

22 Mar 2010
Is PNG a Failing State and what do to?

19 Apr 2010
Determining its own future

3 May 2010
Focussing on Self- Help – at the Community to National Levels

31 May 2010
Putting PNG’s house in Order

16 Jun 2010
Need for investment and respect for law, including retaining effective appeal processes

5 Jul 2010
Housing Crisis in PNG

19 Jul 2010
Keeping focussed on priorities during political horse-trading

2 Aug 2010
Moving forward from the high drama of recent weeks

11 Jan 2011
Healing Parliament

31 Jan 2011
Land in PNG: Economic Development and Respect for the Laws of PNG

21 Mar 2011
Benefiting or losing from the Commodity Boom

8 Jul 2011
Heeding the message, not shooting the messenger

2 Jul 2011
Employment and Value Adding

5 Aug 2011
Giving priority for roads to meet basic needs

19 Aug 2011
Tasks for Immediate Attention by the New Government

1 Sep 2011
Revived cooperation in addressing development issues in the 2011 National Development Forum

14 Sep 2011
The Need to Move on from Disputes over Political Turf and Interests to Focusing on Addressing Public Concerns

28 Sep 2011
Service, Choice, Competition or Monopoly

11 Nov 2011
Prospects and challenges for the Market Economy

9 Jan 2012
Agriculture, SABLs, rice, food security and sweet deals

March 2012
Child Malnutrition (part 1) – Terms, concepts and measurement – by Dr Peter Heywood

March 2012
Nutrition (part 2) – Human and Economic Development – by Dr Peter Heywood

26 April 2012
Government Bottlenecks and Waste

29 April 2012
Development, Resource Ownership and Benefits

3 May 2012
Agricultural Needs and Prospects

11 June 2012
Choosing MPs Wisely

16 July 2012
Uncertain economic times need prudence not profligacy from the new government

January 2013
2012Commentary and Looking forward to 2013

May 2013
Giving Agriculture the Break it Needs

4 Nov 2013
Current scenario, calming markets and 2014 Budget

19 Nov 2013
Preliminary Comment – 2014 Budget

9 Jan 2014
Zero-Tolerance of Public Sector Waste and other Prerequisites for a Constructive 2014 for PNG

18 Nov 2014
2015 Budget

4 Feb 2015
Challenges for 2015 with lower Oil and Gas Prices – P Barker

17-19 March 2015
Goals, Standards and Measurable Performance – P Barker – from the ANUEdge, IM4DC and INA

18 September 2015
PNG Not at Risk of Greek-Style Crisis – but needs to address serious Budgetary challenges – Dr Martin Davies