PNG is Australia’s nearest neighbour, former colony and one of Australia’s most important bilateral partners.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific.

This week's links also include an investigation into the deportation off Chinese nationals from Fiji.

As more small island developing states reach the high-income threshold, the OECD needs to review its measure of ODA eligibility.

The evacuation of Vanuatu's Ambae Island, a winner declared in South Highlands province, Cook Islands a developing nation for now and more.

The Bougainville independence referendum, due in 2019, may not go ahead.

Not all of PNG’s electoral problems could be solved before 2022, but a thorough examination of the lessons learned from 2017 is the way to start.

This week's links also include updates on the asylum seekers and refugees on Manus and a possible revival of the ABC's shortwave radio services.

This week's links include the 48th Pacific Islands Forum underway in Samoa, Tonga without a caretaker government, and a parliamentary defection in PNG.

This week's links also include a look at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting and the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay.

This week's links also include an examination of the historical significance of the Australia-PNG relationship for both countries.

The count in the final undeclared seat in Papua New Guinea’s 2017 national elections has resumed – more than five weeks after polling was supposed to end.

Julie Bishop speaking on Australia's new approach to the Pacific, violence in PNG's Highland provinces, the real danger facing Guam and more.

The returning officer told us that as many as one in four intending voters in Talsea were being turned away, their names not on the list.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's speech was memorable for both the agenda it set out for relations between Australia and the countries in the Pacific, and the way this was expressed.

This weeks links include PNG's election results, the exploitation of seasonal workers in Australia and managing tribal warfare in PNG's highlands.

Papua New Guinea's post-election dramas, a new report on logging in PNG, and VR bringing Pacific languages to life.

If the ADF deploys for more humanitarian operations in the Pacific, its budget, equipment and personnel will be stressed.

This week's include more and varied fallout from the PNG election - including some results - and a World Heritage victory for French Polynesia.

Voting is over in the PNG elections but the drama of the event continues.

This week's links also cover off on the ongoing process to elect Vanuatu's new president and different views on climate change and resettlement.

This week's links also include a look at the ongoing impact of the 2015-16 drought in PNG, the 2017 Pacific Update and the new documentary, My Father, My Country.

A relatively recent change in diet risks having a devastating effect on an entire generation of Pacific Islanders.

This model forces decision-makers to compare the pre-emptive costs of intervention against the cost of restorative intervention.

The limitations of resilience, elections in PNG, the UN Oceans Conference and more.

It is not clear whether Australian Defence Force and police engagement has helped Pacific Island communities prevent conflict.

This week's links include the UN Oceans' Conference and detail on the PACER Plus trade deal.

This week's links include the role for religious leaders and churches in climate change strategies, PNG pollies taking to social media, and the end of RAMSI on the Solomons.

Demolition work will soon begin at the Manus Island detention centre while an economist urges PNG's politicians to consider the informal economy in the run up to the election.

Authoritative news, delivered to mobile phones, could be a stabilising influence in an era characterised by destabilising external forces.

The Australian Budget has been released and foreign aid spending has been cut again, but funding for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific remains largely unchanged.

Storm activity in the Pacific, Australia rebuffs PNG on aid request, drone deliveries and more.

The latest news, research and commentary from around the region.

News, analysis and research from around the region.

This week's news from around the Pacific.

Also in this week's links: Manus Island refugees, the ADB, the Solomon Islands' Child and Family Bill and the celestial integrity of Disney.

Tanna takes us inside an ancient yet contemporary world that very few people will ever experience.

In Iate 2017 the fourth annual Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue took place at the Queensland Art Gallery.

This week's links include new statistics on student migration and workers visas, ruminations on the PNG election, gold mining underway again in The Solomons and an Oscar nomination for Vanuatu film.

This week's links include PNG's schools, Rugby World Cup, regional feminism and more.

Tess Newton Cain has outlined her 2017 predictions for the Pacific region, a busy year which will bring elections in Papua New Guinea.

Our nearest neighbours deserve further funding of Pacific-oriented ABC services.

The New Zealand earthquake, Australia/US resettlement deal, the fearful prospect of a climate change sceptic in the White House, PNG's grim budget and more

Cyclone season in Fiji, a federal constitution in the Solomon Islands, Fiji's police commissioner taking a year off, and more.