Respect for Australia in the Pacific will be elevated by a positive Yes vote. It is almost inconceivable to us that this may not happen, but that possibility fills us with dread. A no vote will be a blow to our relationship, especially perceptions of Aust in our general public

Total respect 🤝 #RWC2023 | #RSAvTGA

A photograph of an intense card game in Bogor, Indonesia has won this year’s CEWE Photo Award, beating over half a million other entries. The CEWE Photo Award 2023 photo competition had 10 different categories celebrating the theme '‘Our world is beautiful’. This week, the 10

Only in #Canberra! An incredible cumunlonimbus cloud formation that appeared over Canberra's skies in the form of a heart pumping blood. Second picture shows a few minutes later..

Just seen this now — wow!

The certainty with which The Economist approaches most economic questions about which we have the foggiest notions never ceases to amaze me.

Who makes it all the way? #RWC2023

Interesting from Jose Ramos-Horta this morning on RN Breakfast - he says China *turned down* requests from Timor Leste to help develop police and military infrastructure because of Australian "sensitivities" He's also v bullish on Greater Sunrise; solution by "early next year"

A moment before the war - we were in Israel and the West Bank a few weeks ago documenting rising tensions there before the Israel/Gaza war - this is our 30-minute report youtu.be/H7fG0FeVc1o?si… #foreigncorrespondent abctv

Trees of New Guinea: - Guide to all 693 genera - Fully illustrated - PDF available on request! shop.kew.org/trees-of-new-g…

It’s the precious moments like these 💚 Siya Kolisi | #RWC2023

Obits of Li Keqiang mention his wife translated Yes Prime Minister into Chinese. When I was in the Embassy there in late 80s we lent our videos of Yes Minister to MFA. When we asked for them back they said they were using them to train Chinese diplomats Velina Tchakarova

Great to see #AP4D's work cited by Development Intelligence Lab's heather murphy in her latest for devpolicy.org. She says "fresh thinking & serious effort" are needed for DFAT to become a "world-class #development agency". "A tool [of #statecraft] is only as powerful as the hand that wields it."

Read Ben Rhodes on the dangers of a second Trump term—and how, if reelected, Biden can build a foreign policy agenda that resonates with more of the world’s governments and people: trib.al/qgSX92S

Coming to Google Translate: Tetun, Tok Pisin, Balinese, Fijian, Acehnese, and many other languages of SEA & the Pacific! Let's test quality when they release, but potentially a small revolution in MT for our region blog.google/products/trans…

First chapter of Mission Driven Bureaucrats now free to read here: academic.oup.com/book/57377/cha…. Thanks!

A Gates Foundation style post, full of decent economics and noble humanitarianism, but the new anti-politics machine. There will be a likely be a debt crisis in several African countries and it’s better to get ahead of it. But nowhere is it implied that there are deep political

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