Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA)

DPA Seminars - S2 2025 | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs A summary of DPA seminars in the second semester of 2025.

Curious about the big ideas shaping our region? Discover the thought-provoking seminars hosted by DPA in Semester 2, 2025 — now live on YouTube!

📺 Watch them here: shorturl.at/Ru1xA
@anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Can Ocean-Based Tourism in the Pacific Region Fulfill the Objectives of a Sustainable Blue Economy? Get tickets on Humanitix - Can Ocean-Based Tourism in the Pacific Region Fulfill the Objectives of a Sustainable Blue Economy? hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Ro...

Can ocean-based tourism in the Pacific meet the goals of a sustainable blue economy? 🌊 Join the DPA seminar to explore its potential and pitfalls.

🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/n2nNG
#BlueEconomy #PacificTourism @anubellschool.bsky.social

DPA Publications - S2 2025 | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs A summary of DPA publications published in the second quarter of 2025.

Explore the latest insights on #Pacific affairs — check out DPA’s fresh line-up of #publications for Semester 2, 2025!

🔍 Access the articles here: bellschool.anu.edu.au/news/dpa-pub...
@anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

The Pacific Research Colloquium has opened at NUS — the first time held outside Australia! 🌏📚

Co-hosted with ANU’s DPA and funded by DFAT, the PRC equips emerging Pacific researchers with skills for evidence-based policymaking.

#PacificResearch #Samoa @anubellschool.bsky.social

Finding Connection and Confidence: Pacific Visiting Fellows at DPA | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Pacific Visiting Fellows Clara Filippi and Minetta Kakarere reflect on connection, confidence, and collaboration during their time at DPA.

Pacific Visiting Fellows Clara Filippi & Minetta Kakarere share how their time at DPA deepened their research & Pacific connections. 🌏

🔗 Read their story here: shorturl.at/3l4xH
@anubellschool.bsky.social #PacificResearch #ANU

Prime Minister welcomes inaugural SINU-ANU seminar on Sustainable and Inclusive Development Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele has called for deeper collaboration between government, academia, and development partners to drive sustainable and inclusive growth in the Solomon Islands. Speakin...

PM Jeremiah Manele calls for stronger collaboration at the first SINU-ANU Seminar to steer the Solomon Islands toward sustainable, inclusive growth. 💡🌏

Read more: shorturl.at/huKW3
#SINU #ANU #PacificPolicy
@anubellschool.bsky.social

Connecting Locally: DPA Academics and U3A Canberra | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs DPA staff are increasingly enjoying teaching the popular University of the Third Age Pacific Islands course at Hughes Community Centre in south Canberra.

DPA scholars meet U3A Canberra learners! 📘 Our Pacific-focused researchers are engaging with a passionate over-50s community via U3A’s Friday class.

→ Read the full story: shorturl.at/CPzGD
#PacificPolicy #ANU #LifelongLearning
@anubellschool.bsky.social

A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby Get tickets on Humanitix - A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Room F and Online. Thursday 6th November 2025. Fin...

🚨 On 6 Nov, join our seminar “A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby” to unpack how NCD customary land has been alienated through legal avenues since 1975.

Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh
#PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy

@anubellschool.bsky.social

The Role of Service Providers in Helping Women's Access to Justice for Domestic Violence Cases in Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea Get tickets on Humanitix - The Role of Service Providers in Helping Women's Access to Justice for Domestic Violence Cases in Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, AN...

🌍 Join us 5 Nov 2025 for a key seminar on how service providers are helping #women access #justice in domestic violence cases in #Bangladesh & #PNG.

🧷 Register now: shorturl.at/V5Abv

@anubellschool.bsky.social

Bougainville at a Crossroads: Leadership, Development, and the 2027 Independence Horizon Get tickets on Humanitix - Bougainville at a Crossroads: Leadership, Development, and the 2027 Independence Horizon hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Hedley Bull, Lecture Theatre 1. Thursd...

Bougainville is approaching a pivotal moment in 2027.
Join our seminar on how leadership, governance and development will shape its path toward self-determination and stability.

🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/KkRiI
#Bougainville #Pacific #Leadership

@anubellschool.bsky.social

🌏 Thank you to everyone who joined us in Port Moresby for the Pacific Research Program Networking Event!

A great evening of connection, collaboration & conversation on Pacific-led research.

#PacificResearch #PNG #PRP @anubellschool.bsky.social

Navigating Security, Mobility and Climate in a Shifting Region Get tickets on Humanitix - Navigating Security, Mobility and Climate in a Shifting Region hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Room D and Online. Monday 27th October ...

The #Pacific is navigating major shifts — from #climate change to #security and #mobility. 🌊

Join leading voices from #Vanuatu, Australia & the region on 27 Oct for a vital discussion on Pacific-led solutions.

🔗 Register: shorturl.at/hIK7u
@anubellschool.bsky.social

📡 How effectively was the public informed when Samoa approved Starlink’s entry in 2025?

A new DPA In Brief explores media coverage & communication around this major policy shift.

🔗 Read here: shorturl.at/LmJ4m
#Pacific #Samoa #Starlink #Media

Evaluating the Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation Get tickets on Humanitix - Evaluating the Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Room E and Online. Tuesday 14th October 2...

📣 Join us for Evaluating the #Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation — a timely event examining the progress, challenges, and future of peace in Bougainville.

🗓 Date & time: Tuesday 14 October, 2.30 - 3.30 pm AEDT
🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/OpjdC

@anubellschool.bsky.social

Addressing disability inequality on polling day is just the beginning - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre Disability equity in election processes is not just about voter participation but about equal citizenship throughout the electoral cycle, say Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker.

Addressing disability inequality on polling day is just the beginning @anudpa.bsky.social

Practising Politics in a Disorderly Democracy Taking as its starting point Ron May's scholarship on Papua New Guinea as a “disorderly democracy,” this article examines how politics is practised in the PNG Parliament. Using a case study of the ev....

New article on PNG politics - practising politics in a disorderly democracy @anudpa.bsky.social

Experts and China have their say on Pukpuk ‘signed’ MUCH has been said on the fringes of Papua New Guinea’s mutual defence treaty with Australia, with the document signed ratification will take place within both Parliaments of PNG and Australia.

The festival of Pukpuk Treaty commentary continues, this time with PNG's Post-Courier, alongside my esteemed colleagues Oliver Nobetau and Richard McGregor of @lowyinstitute.bsky.social, and Michael Kabuni from @anudpa.bsky.social.

www.postcourier.com.pg/experts-and-...

Congratulations to Dr Sonia Palmieri on her new book, Gender Sensitive Parliaments in Fiji.🌺

It examines how global #gender norms intersect with local #politics to shape parliamentary change in #Fiji.

📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

@anubellschool.bsky.social

On 23–24 Sept, DPA ran its third Understanding the Pacific course for DFAT staff in 2025 🌏

Participants explored Pacific history, diversity & key issues—climate, gender, development, China & Australia’s role.

#Pacific #climatechange #gender #development

@anubellschool.bsky.social

Factors in Employment Policy in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Get tickets on Humanitix - Factors in Employment Policy in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar Room D and Online. Tuesday 30th September ...

📢 DPA Seminar
Factors in Employment Policy in Solomon Islands & Vanuatu

Stephen Close shares PhD findings on how politics shapes overseas scholarships & labour mobility in two Pacific nations.

Register: shorturl.at/TofYk

#SolomonIslands #Vanuatu @anubellschool.bsky.social

#PNG celebrated 50 years of independence with the PNG: 50 for 50 Symposium at ANU—reflecting on the past & imagining the next 50.

Dive into the highlights here: shorturl.at/ogIwr

@anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Addressing disability inequality on polling day is just the beginning - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre Disability equity in election processes is not just about voter participation but about equal citizenship throughout the electoral cycle, say Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker.

“What we would like to see are whole-of-electoral-cycle initiatives that promote equal citizenship with a focus on disability,” says Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker from our @anudpa.bsky.social.

Read here: devpolicy.org/addressing-d...

@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

The historical ANU-UPNG relationship - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre The story of the relationship between the two national universities is also the story of the relationship between two nations, says Sinclair Dinnen.

"In many respects it is a unique relationship [between ANU & UPNG] — a relationship between two national universities that is also, by extension, a relationship between two nations," says Sinclair Dinnen of @anudpa.bsky.social.

Read here: devpolicy.org/the-historic...

@anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

📚 To mark #PNG50, a landmark new book has arrived.
Nearly 30 stories—authored by Papua New Guineans—spotlight teachers, academics, church leaders, and community figures who helped shape the nation since 1975.

Read more here: shorturl.at/fzfGq

@anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

#PNG at 50!
This symposium asks: what lessons from the past will shape the next 50 years? Hear from diplomats, leaders, and academics as they confront challenges and chart a path toward PNG’s centenary.

#PNG50 #Pacific

@anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Gendered Experiences and Challenges in Political Participation and Labour Mobility in Papua New Guinea Get tickets on Humanitix - Gendered Experiences and Challenges in Political Participation and Labour Mobility in Papua New Guinea hosted by Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU. Coombs Building, Seminar...

#PNG faces barriers to #women’s participation in politics & labour mobility. Join us for a seminar exploring how #migration, #politics & #gender intersect.

📢Speakers: Geejay Milli, Natasha Turia & Dr Mercy Masta
🔗 Info here: shorturl.at/pA8b7

@anubellschool.bsky.social

From #Semey to the #MarshallIslands, #nuclear testing left enduring scars across Oceania & Central Asia. Civil society is leading the call for #justice.

👉Read the publication here: shorturl.at/BD3hE

@anubellschool.bsky.social

ANU Students Explore Resilience, Policy, and Pacific Solidarity in Vanuatu | Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs ANU and NUV students joined a month-long course in Vanuatu, exploring resilience, policy, and Pacific solidarity through shared learning, local engagement, and climate-focused discussions.

ANU & NUV students explored resilience and policy in #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 — learning from local leaders, building friendships & deepening #Pacific solidarity. 🌏

Read more ➡️ shorturl.at/WsbkL

@anubellschool.bsky.social

Australia’s stablecoin opportunity in the Pacific Digital dollar tokens could revolutionise regional remittances, but only if Canberra helps shape a regulatory framework to dodge the scams.

“Stablecoins are becoming more tightly regulated and, as a result, more credible as digital dollars abroad,” writes Monique Taylor in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-s-stablecoin-opportunity-pacific

🔎 How do #women in the #Pacific perceive risks of #crime—both physical and online—and what strategies do they use to stay safe?

A new DPA In Brief shares insights from a pilot study across five Pacific countries.

👉 Read more: shorturl.at/L1Be6

@anubellschool.bsky.social