Issue Analysis 30
Susan Windybank and Mike Manning
Papua New Guinea is showing every sign of economic paralysis, governmental collapse and social despair, despite the best efforts of past AusAID strategies respecting PNG's sovereign leadership. Australia cannot afford to ignore the shared history and future of our closest neighbour, and needs to reasses its approach to helping PNG, and how this will affect Australia's aspirations to regional leadership.
Susan Windybank is Editor of Policy, the quarterly magazine of The Centre for Independent Studies. Mike Manning is Director of the Institute of National Affairs in Port Morseby.
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