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Adrian Edwards
Patrick Wall
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Does performance monitoring lead to better performance?
Gordon Peake
Jocelyn Condon
Chris Roche & Allan Mua Illingworth
08
September
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2022
A new office of Southeast Asia: what lessons can be taken from the Office of the Pacific?
Joanne Wallis
Richard Moore
Melissa Conley Tyler
01
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2022
What do young people in the region want from Australia on development?
Socheat Nhip
Juvita Pereira Faria
Jessie Tang
25
August
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2022
What qualities will make and break development professionals of the future?
Rachel Mason Nunn
Ellie Hewitt
Anna Gibert
18
August
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Is Australia missing in action on financial crime?
Dr Grant Walton
John Chevis
Bridi Rice
11
August
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2022
We're in a food crisis. What does this mean for development?
Dr Robyn Alders AO
Rosie Wheen
Emmy Simmons
04
August
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Does Australia need a Development Finance Institution (DFI)?
Matt Morris
Amanda Robbins
Brigid O'Farrell
28
July
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2022
New Government, fresh chance: what would it take for DFAT to be a world class development agency?
Melissa Conley Tyler
Joanne Choe
Anthea Roberts
21
July
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2022
Is the East Asian growth and development superhighway closing? So what?
Dr Shiro Armstrong
Dr Jenny Gordon
Roland Rajah
14
July
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2022
How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and 'Cold War II' affect international development?
Dr Helen Szoke AO
John Langmore AM
Misha Zelinsky
07
July
,
2022
Australia: missing in action on conflict prevention?
Michael Wilson
Martina Zapf
Miranda Forsyth
30
June
,
2022
What does the overturn of Roe v. Wade mean for international development?
Dr Anu Mundkur
Dr Sarah McCosker
Madeleine Flint
23
June
,
2022
Using the aid program for geostrategic competition: good, bad or indifferent?
Hugh White
Thenu Herath
Tim Watkin
16
June
,
2022
Is ‘Fortress Australia’ inherently insecure?
Benjamin Herscovitch
Alice Ridge
Bridi Rice
09
June
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2022
It’s a Disaster. How can we deliver on Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience as climate change accelerates?
Dr Robert Glasser
Natasha Chabbra
Dermot O’Gorman
02
June
,
2022
What have you seen that pushes the localisation agenda forward?
Fiona Tarpey
Beth Eggleston
Joanne Choe
26
May
,
2022
So Labor is in. What’s the biggest challenge and biggest opportunity greeting them on development?
Terence Wood
Jacqui De Lacy
Richard Moore
19
May
,
2022
The Labor Party has said the SDGs will be a blueprint for Australian development. What do you make of this?
Dr Cameron Hill
Julie Boulton
Marc Purcell
12
May
,
2022
The Liberal Party has said our aid to the Pacific is the biggest it’s ever been. What do you make of this?
Sarah Burrows
Dr Cameron Hill
Stuart Schaefer
05
May
,
2022
What doesn't Australia understand about China's development program?
Alexandre Dayant
Anthea Mulakala
Dr Denghua Zhang
28
April
,
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Do we have an aid program – or just an aid budget?
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Jessica Mackenzie
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