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01
December
,
2022
Australia has doubled down on support to Pacific media – but what could this look like in practice?
Peni Tawake
Teodosia (Dhesy) Dos Reis
Jason Staines
24
November
,
2022
Corporates are scaling up development – what’s the likely impact?
Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope
Peter Wilkinson
Rachel Mason Nunn
17
November
,
2022
Terrorist financing laws are preventing basic humanitarian assistance and often abused for political gain. What must change?
Dr Sylvia Laksmi
Jacob Kurtzer
Natasha Chabbra
10
November
,
2022
U.S. and Australian development cooperation is underway. What's the best pathway to impact?
Jope Tarai
Theresa Meki
Maholopa Laveil
03
November
,
2022
MAMPU and Nepal Subnational Governance: widely lauded as two of the best projects Australia supports. Why?
Bernadette Whitelum & Kate Shanahan
Peter Yates
Linda Kelly & Nila Wardani
27
October
,
2022
The first Albanese Government budget is here. What's your take?
Jessica Mackenzie
Cam Hill, Stephen Howes, Huiyuan Liu
Bridi Rice & Madeleine Flint
20
October
,
2022
What will it take for the new development policy to be more than just words on a page?
Marc Purcell
Dr Jenny Gordon
Madeleine Flint
13
October
,
2022
Should development cooperation be the frontier for re-engagement with China?
Richard Moore
Anthea Mulakala
Daniel Runde
06
October
,
2022
Defence, Treasury and the intelligence community all have skin in the development game. What's one thing they need to know?
Amanda Robbins
John Blaxland
Dr Teesta Prakash
29
September
,
2022
Violence against women, electoral fraud and corruption: at what point does Australia speak up?
Elvina Ogil
Dr Michael Main
Bridi Rice
21
September
,
2022
There are eight million displaced people across our region: what can Australia be doing?
Jane McAdam
Adrian Edwards
Patrick Wall
15
September
,
2022
Does performance monitoring lead to better performance?
Gordon Peake
Jocelyn Condon
Chris Roche & Allan Mua Illingworth
08
September
,
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
September
,
2022
What do young people in the region want from Australia on development?
Socheat Nhip
Juvita Pereira Faria
Jessie Tang
25
August
,
2022
What qualities will make and break development professionals of the future?
Rachel Mason Nunn
Ellie Hewitt
Anna Gibert
18
August
,
2022
Is Australia missing in action on financial crime?
Dr Grant Walton
John Chevis
Bridi Rice
11
August
,
2022
We're in a food crisis. What does this mean for development?
Dr Robyn Alders AO
Rosie Wheen
Emmy Simmons
04
August
,
2022
Does Australia need a Development Finance Institution (DFI)?
Matt Morris
Amanda Robbins
Brigid O'Farrell
28
July
,
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
,
2022
Is the East Asian growth and development superhighway closing? So what?
Dr Shiro Armstrong
Dr Jenny Gordon
Roland Rajah
14
July
,
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
,
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
,
2022
Do we have an aid program – or just an aid budget?
Stuart Schaefer
Jessica Mackenzie
Richard Moore
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