Heather Murphy
@heathermurphy
Head of Analysis @devintellab. Writing about aid, development, national security, geopolitics, the Indo-Pacific + how they intersect. Tweets my own fault.
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https://www.devintelligencelab.com/team/heather-murphy 19-11-2008 00:05:35
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“[Allan] Bird is widely admired. Many would say that he has the leadership qualities to be PM and challenge Marape. The same cannot be said of [Rainbo] Paita. Someone more embedded in the grand game of PNG politics would be hard to find.” Top analysis from Henry Ivarature
We asked Islands Business Magazine (Fiji)'s Nic Maclellan, "Political settlements in the Pacific are under pressure. What’s Australia’s next move?" His take? 🇦🇺 should spend less on security cooperation in the Pacific and more on drivers of unrest. 👉ow.ly/PUf550SauVj
This week, on the Intel, we asked "Is it in Australia’s interest to put fragility back on the radar?" 👉Development Intelligence Lab's William Leben 👉The Asia Foundation's Adam Burke 👉 Conciliation Resources's Ciaran O'Toole Explore the responses: devintelligencelab.com/intel/04july20…
A good stock take here from Development Intelligence Lab On upside, hopefully the lag in country/sector strategies etc means that there'll be some rigour in these. On downside, the fact that so many implementation areas have "no public information available" shows the transparency decline.
#AP4D Founding Co-Convenors Bridi Rice & Richard Moore & Development Intelligence Lab colleague Heather Murphy offer some thoughts on how to "maximise the impact of what could be one of [🇦🇺's] most powerful elements of #statecraft" in their year one appraisal of Australia's #development policy.
Pat Conroy MP in action at McKell Institute today talking about Pacific Policy. Headlines below on China, Coalition Pacific Policy, Climate Change and Labor future focus. Authentic Pacific cred on display.
Today we hosted Minister Pat Conroy MP, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 & 40+ experts in a dynamic dialogue to mark the 1-year anniversary of Australia’s International Development Policy. We reflected on progress & future pathways. Sign up for upcoming insights and analysis here👉 lnkd.in/gqwsKNnm