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Remembering my great-aunt Celia, and great-uncles Lloyd, Leslie and Cyril who all served in WW2. Leslie (top right) was killed in the massacre at the Tol Plantation, Rabaul, on 4 February, 1942. These were the children of my great-grandmother Rose Pearlman, who was a widow.

Some great stories from pre Independence Australian didimen who began these extension services on pngaa.org - members access PNGAA's E-stories and archived journals. Extension service is the bedrock of agriculture in PNG. plessingsing.com/2021/09/15/ext… via Ples Singsing

Peace and Harmony in my family plessingsing.com/2021/11/17/pea…

Stranded Australians - History is repeating rachel-nightingale.info/2021/stranded-… via @NightingaleRA

“In a landmark ruling, a Malaysian logging company has been ordered to pay $3.2 million to landowners in Isabel (Solomon Islands) for trespass, nuisance and damages it caused to the environment.” theislandsun.com.sb/?p=30938

PNGAA AGM - 30/04/22, 11.30am, Hornsby RSL - RSVP by 14/04/22. Dr Connor (Whitlam Inst) & Dr Hannah Sarvasy, will speak on a recent research paper entitled “PNG Voices: Perspectives on Australia and the World”. All welcome. pngaa.org/notice-of-pnga…

The PNGAA printer had his business totally destroyed in the floods in northern NSW, and the distribution of the printed version of the March 2022 PNG Kundu was delayed. However; the Digital version is NOW available on our website. You can access it via pngaa.org

Comments and feedback to PNGAA online articles are welcome! Share your reflections, memories and experiences. You can see an example when scrolling to the end of this article: pngaa.org/article/our-wa…

Foreign Minister Penny Wong tells the Pacific Islands Forum that Australia has "neglected" its responsibility to act on climate change and that the new government will stand "shoulder to shoulder" with the Pacific on the issue 1/ abc.net.au/news/2022-05-2…

A sorry tale of Coalition apathy regarding the Kokoda Trail . . . blog.kokodatreks.com/2022/05/27/kok…

A warm welcome to ⁦Maholopa Laveil⁩, the ⁦The Lowy Institute⁩’s new KW Taylor Pacific Fellow. I met Maho in person for the first time recently in Port Moresby. We’re looking forward to having him with us in Sydney for the next year.

Analysis from Maholopa Laveil: despite PNG's resource-driven economy, development isn't broadly felt. Formal employment is down & the pegged exchange rate stifling growth. More fiscal reforms, policy changes & diversification will start to lift all boats lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Looking forward to hearing Dulciana Somare-Brash speak at the PNGAA Christmas Lunch 4 December 2022. 👏

Place of rest to reflect on lasting war losses mpnews.com.au/2023/01/16/pla…

Imagine how great we would be as a nation if every school had a Catherine Pearman as a teacher for our young boys . . . youtu.be/r-07_CVHXyI

Interesting to revisit this article published almost 3 years ago in light of the PNGs Minister's decision to cancel Adventure Kokoda's Tour Operators License: blog.kokodatreks.com/2020/10/04/the…

AUS-PNG P2P links need meaningful development and acknowledgement - x.com/Tavurvur/statu…

Honoured to meet Prime Minister James Marape today and present my letter of introduction. I am delighted to begin my appointment as 🇦🇺 High Commissioner to PNG and look forward to accompanying the PM on his historic visit to Australia next week. #PNGAusPartnership

Great to catch up with Minister Justin Tkachenko again and Secretary Elias Wohengu today. I look forward to working closely with you and your department.