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Thank you Michael and Maho, for generating the data and discussion in relation to ENP, the data now confirm indeed fragmentation has fallen. I have discuss here as well the casuality of ENP to Section 63 of OLLIPAC [invitation to Form the Government] after 2002 but have not have data to support this claim. This is intersting development as I think the debate in Party politics party system is gradually shifting from frangmentation to party Visibility.

I comment both Australia and Vanuatu for a security deal when needed for a secure and safer future. However, the internal dynamics of socio-economic conditions would always ensure Vanuatu look elsewhere for funding and support. That elsewhere would most turn out to be China. Let me put it straight that the same is true for PNG, Solomon Island and Fiji whose relationship with China as a market and source of assistance for social and infrastructural development would always stand in the way for security cooperation with the greater Pacific Island Nations. The crux of the relational dilemma facing Vanuatu, Fiji or Papua New Guinea is that of balancing security cooperation with economic growth-driven relations with China and other non-traditional emerging partners.

Thank you. I am a 4th year law student at upng and I am doing my Major Research Paper on Evictions in Port Moresby.

Can you please send me updates regarding this as I am also a landowner.

I agree with your raised point ☝️. Two weeks ago I was slashed with bushknife by my second sibling ( biological brother) for the reasons of greed and jealousy. I almost lost my life when I was lashed right across the back of my neck, now sustained by right stitches. This brutal attack happened while my three Under aged children ( ages 11, 9 and 7) watched helplessly, crying " mummy, mummy!" As a single mother, I had to leave formal job and go to live in the village for cover against my unfaithful husband. Hoping my village was the safest place to reside and raise my children after going through a very tough time with my abusive husband for a long time. Unfortunately, I came out of the frying pan and into the fire! Highlands customs demands land rights to male counterparts only. With that understanding, I still pursued home with a daughter and two sons. Built two resident houses and ready to settled, when I was ambushed by my two brothers, who thought it not right to share the land with me as their first born sister. They felt threatened by my two boys for future concerns over land heritage. I nearly died due to loss 😔 of heavy blood. I took it to court but couldn't imprison them for fear of future retaliation on me, my children and our current homes I am a victim with scars, this time not one but doubled! After reading your published article, I saw that this cry is also mine. Am currently looking for refuge out of PNG, to preferably - Australia. May I be helped, please, with my three children. I have all my evidence and support documentation from hospital to legal authority. Save me and my children! Cry 😭 of a desperate mother.

Dear Julie, Greetings from Norfolk Island. I am so pleased to see that you are still fighting for the culture and the people of Nauru. After 40 years, I am saddened to see that it is still an uphill battle for you. Keep going Julie!. Rhonda

When the people take hold of their future and their future generations and see the promise and the peril that is possible, they ALL must see that what they actually do each month, each week, each day, and each hour tells their future. Children should have classes in economics using their own country, their own homes and mostly their own lives as the electrifying example of the possibilities.

Thanks for this helpful report. It is striking how low the enrolment rate is compared to other countries in the South Pacific. Here are some comments. 1. All the reviewers are from a Business management background. It would be helpful to have perspectives from humanities, social sciences, science, and engineering. 2. Although it is desirable to increase enrolment, this does not necessarily increase educational outcomes. Australia may have high enrolment levels but low student engagement. Anecdotal evidence is that attendance at lectures is now between 5 and 30 per cent of enrolment. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/19/teaching-to-an-empty-hall-is-the-changing-face-of-universities-eroding-standards-of-learning 2. There is an iron triangle of access, quality, and cost for education (and health care). If you change one, you change the others. For example, if you increase access but keep costs the same, quality inevitably decreases. https://doi.org/10.3200/CHNG.41.2.30-35 3. In the Majority World, unfortunately, increasing quality does not necessarily improve nation building due to the potential brain drain. Most graduates from elite institutions in South Asia take jobs with multinational companies in the West. 4. Public debate in PNG often promotes Christian values. How might these shape its vision for its public universities? I recently published a paper, "What is a university for? A Christian vision for the modern secular university". You can access it here https://revelation4-11.blogspot.com/2026/05/what-is-university-for.html Thanks again for initiating this important discussion.

Hi Maho, sorry but the only way of getting violence data pre-2020 is by individually collecting it from newspapers.

I love this Gordon! I have accrued an odd assortment of merch as much from police services and CSOs around the world as from aid programs and am always fascinated by the supply chains that lie behind them. (Imagine an evaluation examining the climate and labour implications of all those shirts and caps and water bottles...). My pen holder is a mug from the Bangladesh Police Women and Children's Unit which quickly cracked after receiving it some 12 years ago but has worked well as a pen holder ever since. If the impacts of Australia's aid merch are anything similar, I can't say it makes me think more fondly of Bangladesh, but it does routinely remind me of its failed attempt to serve its intended purpose and its still nonetheless valuable re-purposing ... which might actually be a good parallel for all the money spent on attempts to buy goodwill through stuff.

No merchandise is much better than trash materials that signal all the wrong messages. It becomes culture when having the right collateral signals belonging, pride, professionalism and the role of giver. Co-branding signals affiliation and can confer a reflected shine on the partnership. As a communication consultant I have been asked to design everything from brochures and banners to cards and caps. Asking "What will be different if you have these?" is often met with a blank stare. Usually without plans for dissemination, evaluation metrics are only reported in number produced, no matter how many go from printer to trash. Impact metrics could include answers to questions such as "How did you hear about us?", "What inspired trust in our program?" and "What attracted you to partner in this project?". If the answer is a cap, shirt or poster, the item proved its worth.

Paiela-Hewa LLG has been drowning into darkness before the youngest MP came into appearance and now the missing link has been connected to bring back Kolombi station to light.