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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
The Australian National University is concerned to hear that Professor Brij Lal, an expert in Fiji politics, has been expelled by military authorities in Fiji. We understand he was taken for questioning shortly after he gave several media interviews commenting about the political situation in Fiji.
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
The trip could have been just another excursion for French language lovers. Instead a group of ANU students gained a perspective on the complex and sometimes difficult issues that affect New Caledonian society.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Fiji’s education system could be dramatically improved by listening to the views of that country’s children and young people, according to an academic from The Australian National University.
Monday, October 19th, 2009
With the world’s gaze firmly fixed on the Pacific after the recent series of tsunamis and earthquakes, leading experts from Australia, Japan, and New Zealand will gather to cast their eyes over some of the most critical issues relating to Fiji, Tonga and the wider Pacific Islands.
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
When is a rort a rort? The debate has spread to New Zealand, reports Norm Kelly.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Pacific analysts must become more creative in their approach to thinking about Fiji and its future, an academic from The Australian National University argues.
Monday, August 10th, 2009
With the announcement last week of the continued suspension of Fiji from the Pacific Islands Forum, top Australian analysts and commentators will examine the island’s political and economic options at the annual Fiji Update at Parliament House on Tuesday 11 August 2009.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Professor Hugh White and Dr Benjamin Reilly talk to ABC Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program about the nation’s new defence White Paper.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Dr Ron Husiken considers what might have been, and what could be around multilateralism in the region.
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
While our attention is focused on the political crisis in Fiji, a development that could prove critical to the Pacific is passing almost unremarked, writes Virginia Horscroft.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Up to 300 people submitted to being killed when the last Chief Roi Mata died. ANU researchers helped the people of Vanuatu achieve world heritage listing for the gravesite in a way that would maintain its relevance for the future.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
An expert with more than four decades under his belt exploring the Pacific region is passing the torch to the next generation of scholars by donating his personal collection to the Pacific Research Archives at The Australian National University.
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Minister for Trade The Hon Simon Crean MP will be the keynote speaker at a symposium on trade agreements.
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Is land management in Melanesia best left in the hands of customary owners or is a wholesale change needed to the intricate systems that govern who owns what?
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
The central Pacific nation of Kiribati has taken a leap forward in protecting itself against the effects of climate-related sea level rise thanks to a project led by The Australian National University.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
More than 150 scholars from all over the world met at ANU last month for Asia Pacific Week 2009 - the largest international gathering of graduate scholars researching the region.
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Extracts from a forthcoming documentary about celebrated Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye will screen as part of Asia Pacific Week 2009.
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
A free public lecture by Dr Sara Ahmed will analyse one of the most critical issues affecting the developing world – equal access to water.
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Over 150 scholars, including 50 from overseas, will gather this week for Asia Pacific Week 2009 – the largest annual international gathering of graduate students researching Asia and the Pacific.
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Australian students are following the Prime Minister’s lead and flocking to Asian and Pacific studies.
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Corruption is seen as a defining issue in the Pacific. But Peter Larmour argues this is far from fair, nor very helpful for development in the region.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
The boom in oil palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia may be a modern day gold rush for the region’s farmers, but is the expansion an economic saviour or environmental time bomb?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Attempts to understand the level of corruption in the Pacific Islands will fail without properly distinguishing the different types of corruption present and identifying ways to treat each one, according to an academic from ANU.
Monday, July 14th, 2008
The mass grave of a chief on a forbidden island in Vanuatu has been chosen as one of the first cultural sites in the Pacific added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, thanks in part to the efforts of ANU researchers.
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The modern day gold rush for oil palm plantations is a financial boom to many Indonesians, but the expansion also plays a significant role in rapid and irreversible environmental change, damaging deforestation, and rising social inequity and more needs to be done to investigate the issues, according to an ANU research team.
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