Reproductive justice is the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children or not have children, and parent children in safe and sustainable communities. In a recent study, I explored ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

This article is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. With the Australian Labor Party returning to power, Pacific island governments will appreciate the continuity in diplomacy ...

This month’s Australian elections brought many surprises. One of them was that Labor, once returned, decided to separate the Pacific and international development ministerial portfolios for the first ...

The re-elected Labor government led by Anthony Albanese has appointed Dr Anne Aly, who has been promoted into the cabinet, as its new Minister for International Development, as well as holding the ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. Posts on the Devpolicy Blog are ...

Given the long-standing success of Australia and New Zealand’s regional labour mobility schemes, it is reasonable to assume that some workers have spent extended periods outside their home countries ...

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tuimaleali’ifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, has officially dissolved Samoa’s Parliament, effective 3 June 2025, following the defeat of the government’s 2025–26 budget.

This is a further instalment in the Pacific Family Matters series. The May 2025 federal election has resulted in a parity parliament in Australia. For the first time since Federation, both chambers of ...

With the withdrawal of much of USAID’s presence from the Pacific, I quietly hoped that the region could absorb it — maybe even take it as the jolt needed to “go all in on betting on ourselves”. We are ...