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At independence, the PNG Public Services Commission (PSC) was a mighty body, with control over the entire public service. So powerful was it that the commissioners were referred to as “gods”.

See-sawing Public Service Commission reforms over the decades have not overcome clientelist politics, say Nematullah Bizhan and Stephen Howes.

Papua New Guinea is failing to meet its guarantees of human rights and civic freedoms, an international alliance of civil society groups warns.

Previous fee-free education policies in PNG have not lasted; how can a new policy maintain political support, ask Grant Walton and Husnia Hushang.

The perjury case against former Prime Minister and Member for Ialibu-Pangia, Peter O’Neill, has been discontinued by the Waigani National Court on Friday.

University of Galway has marked Earth Day 2024 by announcing the winners of the Student Sustainability Leadership Awards 2024 — Molly Hickey and Peter O’Neill.

I wish to express my views regarding the visit by the Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea James Marape to Simbu Province on the 16th of April 2024.

As I said in my last article, wise political scientists avoid making predictions about elections in the Western Pacific. But I’ve just made myself a coffee, the fan in my office at the University of PNG is whirring happily and I have some data to reassure me.

Odds are that Manasseh Sogavare will again lead Solomon Islands after elections and subsequent horse-trading are done, says Terence Wood.

Longroad Energy has reached financial close on its Serrano solar-plus-storage project in Pinal and Pima Counties in Arizona, US.