It's not too late to celebrate 10 years of the Australasian AID Conference with us! Tues 3 Dec Free pre-conference events at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Wed 4 & 5 Dec Main #AAC2024 conference - tickets sold out. Selected sessions livestreamed at youtube.com/@devpolicy @asia_foundation

Pleasure to be at the 2024 Australasian Aid Conference. Look forward to 2 days of presentations and discussions. #AAC2024

Thanks to fellow panelists for all the discussion on ‘Review of Australia’s International Development Policy’ and the audience for the questions and some great engagement. #AAC2024

In The Age today

90 day pause and review of US foreign aid specifically mentions ‘clean energy program for women in Fiji’ state.gov/prioritizing-a…

Paving the way for retaliation, a new trade war and global uncertainty.

Yes, it'd be nice if more USAID grants went directly to, say, Tanzanian NGOs. But the 89% which passes through American companies and multilateral agencies provides very real things: -HIV/AIDS drugs -bed nets and malaria drugs -emergency food relief -teacher training

ICYMI 🔊2025 Pacific Update call for papers now open! ➡️crawford.anu.edu.au/devpolicy/2025…

25% tariffs on Mexico & Canada + the 10% tariffs that are already in effect on China, could cost the typical American household more than $1,200 per year—& this analysis doesn't include the additional 10% on China recently announced. #PIIECharts More: piie.com/research/piie-…

Economists generally oppose tariffs because they amount to a tax paid by consumers and are inefficient for creating jobs. Efforts to pose President Trump's tariff strategy as rational are effectively "sane washing," Clifford Winston writes in RealClearMarkets. realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/…

🦘🗳 As Australia heads to the polls on 3 May, political parties are turning to pop culture and “meme wars” to engage younger voters. Dr Michael Vaughan LSE Inequalities explains how social media campaigning is reshaping modern politics. #AusPol #AustralianElection

2025 Pacific Update. Download program here devpolicy.org/2025-Pacific-U…

“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived,” Michelle Goldberg

PhD and Master’s Scholarships – Now Open! Available to eligible citizens of USP member countries Deadline: July 21, 2025 For more information, visit: usp.ac.fj/us-prafp #USP #Scholarships2025 #PacificLeaders #ClimateChange

As part of phase three of the Review of the Regional Architecture, the High-Level Persons Group (HLPG) commenced the High-Level Political Talanoa with the Government of Fiji. The HLPG met with Hon Biman Prasad, Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Strategic

MPs voted in favour of passing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for E&W to the next stage of the Parliamentary process. We are still concerned that the Bill does not currently require a holistic assessment of unmet need See our response shorturl.at/SRwr9

#QLD #StateofOrigin #Qld

Trump administration proposes to revoke the scientific determination that underpins the US government’s legal authority to combat climate change nytimes.com/2025/07/29/cli…

Earlier today, held productive discussions with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka of Fiji. India’s ties with Fiji are time-tested and are growing significantly. Our talks focussed on how to add more vigour to our developmental partnership. We discussed ways to deepen ties in sectors

Today, USP community bid farewell to its Vice Chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia, USP VC Since joining the University in 2019, Professor Pal has overseen a period of transformation, strengthen research standing and securing financial stability in a challenging economic and political climate.