The current OECD Development Assistance Committee peer review of Australia's aid effort takes place at a critical moment, ...

The re-elected Labor Government‘s political capital should be used to improve the quality and measurement of Australia’s aid to PNG, says Terence Wood.

Contrary to assurances, PALM workers face discrimination and negative, sometimes dangerous incentives if they fall pregnant, finds Lindy Kanan.

Suggested citation: Citation: Kanan, L 2025, “It’s not illegal to be pregnant”: Research report on reproductive justice and the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, Development Policy Centre, ...

Reactions to US aid cuts at the Raisina Dialogue were diverse and defiant — and should be instructive to western commentators, says Melissa Conley Tyler.

The Pacific hasn't been a focus of these elections, but on Pacific migration the two parties have very different policies, says Stephen Howes.

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Peter Connolly Pete Connolly is an Adjunct Fellow at the University of New South Wales, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Solomon Islands National University and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for ...

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Australia’s foreign aid (Official Development Assistance or ODA) for 2025-26 is budgeted at $5.097 billion, a 2.7% increase over the 2024-25 aid budget of $4.961 billion. With inflation projected at 3 ...

The US administration's attack on foreign assistance should prompt not only a defence but also a rethinking of the aid model, says Lisa Denney.

US aid cuts will have direct and indirect effects on the Pacific island countries, and Australia and New Zealand should mitigate them, says Terence Wood.