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Papua New Guinea’s elusive stability
Author: Bill Standish, ANU The 1990s were a decade of chaotic governance in Papua New Guinea (PNG), but some people are asking if the situation is any better now. Since 2006 the Somare government has...
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When the Grand Chief is away: Papua New Guinea’s big-man politics
Author: Bill Standish, ANU Papua New Guinea’s political dramas have intensified in the 10 weeks that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has spent in intensive care in Singapore’s Raffles Hospital. Only...
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PNG’s new prime minister: Peter O’Neill
Author: Bill Standish, ANU The opposition’s nomination of Works Minister Peter O’Neill as Papua New Guinea’s new prime minister on 2 August came as a shock to many. But there were clues in some earlier...
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PNG politics after the boom
Author: Bill Standish, Canberra The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government has finally admitted that PNG’s revenue surge has ended. As long as PNG’s mining boom lasted, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill could...
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Papua New Guinea: students shot, country damaged
Author: Bill Standish, Canberra On Wednesday 8 June, Papua New Guinea police fired on a peaceful student demonstration at the University of PNG (UPNG); four students received bullet wounds, 20 were...
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Elections in Papua New Guinea’s dysfunctional democracy
Author: Bill Standish, ANU 2016 for Papua New Guinea (PNG) was both politically turbulent and economically stressful with government revenues and currency falling, but inflation and deficit rising. The...
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