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Jeffrey Wall

Jeffrey Wall CSM CBE is a Brisbane Political Consultant and has served as Advisor to the PNG Foreign Minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu – Prime Minister 1988-1992 and Speaker 1994-1997.
Sport is a way to really enhance our regional influence
International - 21/04/2023 - 5 comments
Can our budget help PNG in its crisis?
International - 14/04/2023 - 9 comments
Sir Rabbie Namaliu - an inherent decency and unbridled integrity
International - 4/04/2023 - 1 comment
A hard drugs crisis is the last thing PNG needs
International - 31/03/2023 - 3 comments
Major reform in PNG: challenging but interesting
International - 24/03/2023 - 3 comments
Agriculture is PNG’s only hope
International - 17/03/2023 - 10 comments
How have our major parties managed relations with PNG
International - 10/03/2023 - 3 comments
Australia is enjoying the highest standing ever in the Pacific
International - 3/03/2023 - 18 comments
The inclusion of PNG workers in the Pacific Labour Scheme overdue and welcome
International - 24/02/2023 - 2 comments
China has lost significant ground in our region
International - 17/02/2023 - 11 comments
The social time bomb in PNG we just cannot ignore
International - 10/02/2023 - 10 comments
The disease time bomb on our border
International - 3/02/2023 - 3 comments
The unique role of the PNG governor general
International - 27/01/2023 - 2 comments
So far so good. Now for implementation
International - 20/01/2023 - 2 comments
PM Albanese spoke to a uniquely powerful parliament
International - 13/01/2023 - 1 comment
The federal government needs to assist our major banks re-engage with PNG
International - 6/01/2023 - 6 comments
How PNG celebrates Christmas provides a guide to our development assistance approach in the year ahead
International - 23/12/2022 - 5 comments
The Vanuatu agreement is the most significant regional achievement of the new government
International - 16/12/2022 - 2 comments
Why worthwhile Australian entities like YWAM deserve greater government assistance
International - 9/12/2022 - 7 comments
Is development aid still serving the Australian national interest?
International - 2/12/2022 - 17 comments
Samoa shows sports diplomacy can work in our region
International - 25/11/2022 - 3 comments
Can our Pacific neighbours help meet our defence force manpower shortage?
International - 18/11/2022 - 15 comments
The federal government must back Australian companies and investors operating in the South Pacific
International - 11/11/2022 - 3 comments
Is it time to re-visit the gas to Queensland project?
International - 4/11/2022 - 8 comments
The budget provisions for our Pacific neighbours won’t have any impact on China
International - 28/10/2022 - 3 comments
Vale Ken Fairweather: one of the great characters of Papua New Guinea
International - 25/10/2022 - 1 comment
The Australian budget wont focus significantly on our role in PNG and the South Pacific - that will take time
International - 21/10/2022 - 1 comment
Australia must plan for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of our legacy of independence to Papua New Guinea now
International - 14/10/2022 - 14 comments
Australia needs to watch developments on Bougainville
International - 7/10/2022 - 6 comments
The Queensland Rugby League receives some well-deserved recognition
International - 30/09/2022 - 1 comment
Sport’s chance to prove its value as a bridge builder with the South Pacific
International - 23/09/2022 - 8 comments
Papua New Guinea remains loyal to its constitutional head of state 47 years on
International - 16/09/2022 - 3 comments
Australia should establish and fund a centre for parliamentary democracy in the Pacific
International - 9/09/2022 - 2 comments
Is Twiggy Forrest serious about a major green energy investment in Papua New Guinea?
International - 2/09/2022 - 11 comments
The Solomon Islands - a China outpost on our border
International - 26/08/2022 - 24 comments
A unique opportunity to restructure our relationship with Papua New Guinea
International - 19/08/2022 - 10 comments
How James Marape was re-elected prime minister of PNG without opposition and how Australia might turn that to advantage
International - 12/08/2022 - 3 comments
Speaker Pelosi shows how the South Pacific should deal with an aggressive and bullying China
International - 5/08/2022 - 25 comments
Is China interfering in the PNG national elections?
International - 29/07/2022 - 2 comments
Our closest neighbour on the brink of being a 'failed state' after deeply flawed national elections
International - 22/07/2022 - 16 comments
A good week for Australia in the Pacific
International - 15/07/2022 - 16 comments
Australians need an education and information campaign on the Pacific
International - 8/07/2022 - 14 comments
PNG goes to the polls with real doubts about their integrity
International - 1/07/2022 - 4 comments
Has Penny Wong given us a fighting chance of significantly slowing China’s expansion in the Pacific?
International - 24/06/2022 - 14 comments
A ‘failed’ Papua New Guinea national elections would be a disaster for Papua and Australia
International - 17/06/2022 - 6 comments
China’s PNG focus is clearly aimed at Australia
International - 10/06/2022 - 15 comments
China's arrogance opens a window of opportunity
International - 3/06/2022 - 29 comments
Defending press freedom in the pacific is Australia's next challenge
International - 27/05/2022 - 15 comments
The next government must wage a major public education campaign on China’s regional influence - and beyond
International - 20/05/2022 - 9 comments
A genuine regional people-to-people engagement must be Australia’s highest priority
International - 13/05/2022 - 24 comments
More aid is not the way to regain our regional influence
International - 6/05/2022 - 19 comments
The Anzac links between Australia and Papua New Guinea have been allowed to diminish
International - 2/05/2022 - 5 comments
The message China's security deal with the Solomon Islands sends to Australia, New Zealand and the United States
International - 22/04/2022 - 52 comments
Is a serious debate on our approach to regional security possible?
International - 14/04/2022 - 24 comments
China's shoddy construction record in PNG just cannot be ignored
International - 8/04/2022 - 10 comments
The Chinese plans for the Solomon Islands must be taken seriously
International - 1/04/2022 - 8 comments
The federal government needs to help the ABC expand its South Pacific profile and engagement now!
International - 25/03/2022 - 15 comments
Our influence in Papua New Guinea continues to decline
International - 18/03/2022 - 3 comments
Why is it so impossible to predict the outcome of PNG elections
International - 11/03/2022 - 2 comments
Are there consequences for the Pacific from the Ukraine invasion?
International - 4/03/2022 - 4 comments
Australia needs to help PNG improve border surveillance
International - 25/02/2022 - 11 comments
Why PNG is now China’s number one priority
International - 18/02/2022 - 6 comments
Moving the Office of the Pacific to Far North Queensland makes more strategic sense than ever
International - 4/02/2022 - 7 comments
Its in the Australian national interest to comprehensively assist Tonga to rebuild
International - 28/01/2022 - 10 comments
Is China seriously considering military bases in the Pacific?
International - 21/01/2022 - 23 comments
The Solomons engagement has turned into a huge negative for Australia
International - 7/01/2022 - 6 comments
Two Christmas gifts Australia might offer the people of Papua New Guinea
International - 23/12/2021 - 3 comments
Can the monarchy in our region survive the pandemic and China’s growing presence
International - 17/12/2021 - 6 comments
Papua New Guinea prepares for its most consequential elections since independence
International - 10/12/2021 - 2 comments
The Solomon Islands intervention is a high risk strategy
International - 3/12/2021 - 1 comment
Pandemic isolation puts PNG-Australia wider engagement at risk
International - 26/11/2021 - 6 comments
China’s troubling influence in the Solomon Islands
International - 19/11/2021 - 5 comments
Australia needs to support Andrew Forrest’s energy ambitions for Papua New Guinea
International - 12/11/2021 - 11 comments
Glasgow confirms Australia’s South Pacific influence has never been weaker, and China’s never stronger
International - 5/11/2021 - 9 comments
How Australia can regain positive influence and respect in the South Pacific
International - 29/10/2021 - 4 comments
Telstra’s decision to acquire Digicel’s South pacific operations welcome – and challenging
International - 26/10/2021
Has China brought the silence of Pacific leaders on climate change?
International - 22/10/2021 - 1 comment
There remains an essential decency in British politics so absent in Australia today
International - 20/10/2021 - 3 comments
Can the churches save our closest neighbour from a total COVID catastrophe?
International - 15/10/2021 - 7 comments
Australia’s role in helping PNG respond to COVID must be independently scrutinised
International - 8/10/2021 - 2 comments
China’s strategic land acquisition right on our border
International - 1/10/2021 - 9 comments
The critical questions Scott Morrison must ask the PNG prime minister
International - 24/09/2021 - 2 comments
The immediate challenges AUKUS faces in our immediate region
International - 17/09/2021 - 13 comments
CCP's 'Noble Center' abounds in faults and challenges PNG and international governance
International - 10/09/2021 - 6 comments
Should Australia offer to take over Papua New Guinea’s failed health system?
International - 3/09/2021 - 7 comments
Australia has a unque opportunity to help Papua New Guinea reverse declining living standards
International - 27/08/2021 - 9 comments
The Australia Infrastructure Financing Facilty for the Pacific has just not delivered
International - 20/08/2021 - 4 comments
Is the United States about to share in the ‘heavy lifting’ in the Pacific?
International - 16/08/2021 - 7 comments
A look at two island nations – one with optimism, one with concern
International - 9/08/2021 - 9 comments
The high moral price our regional neighbours are paying for Belt and Road
International - 2/08/2021 - 4 comments
Australia must focus on the people of PNG, not the government of PNG!
International - 23/07/2021 - 10 comments
Parliamentary democracy in our region is in serious trouble
International - 19/07/2021 - 10 comments
The future of Bougainville a challenge for Australia as well as Papua New Guinea
International - 12/07/2021 - 15 comments
The consequences for Australia of low vaccination rates in PNG and the Pacific
International - 5/07/2021 - 11 comments
Now is the time to enhance public support for greater assistance for PNG and the South Pacific
International - 28/06/2021 - 5 comments
Biden’s ‘build back better world’ partnership must be big and bold
International - 21/06/2021 - 4 comments
Providing real leadership in the fight against PRC coercion
International - 14/06/2021 - 3 comments
China’s stranglehold over PNG and South Pacific trade a crisis for Australia
International - 8/06/2021 - 5 comments
China’s strategic goals in the Pacific are emerging and Australia must be concerned, or alarmed!
International - 1/06/2021 - 5 comments
Our response to China's influence in PNG continues to fall well short
International - 27/05/2021 - 10 comments
The influence of Queensland in the Menzies government 1949-1966
Domestic Politics - 25/05/2021 - 2 comments
The consequences for Papua New Guinea and Australia of low covid vaccine acceptance in PNG
International - 18/05/2021 - 7 comments
Australian taxpayer funds Chinese construction companies in PNG
International - 11/05/2021 - 5 comments
Christianity in Papua New Guinea may gain national religion status
International - 5/05/2021 - 3 comments
Can Australia prevent Papua New Guinea becoming a failed state?
International - 29/04/2021 - 8 comments
The sacrifice by Australians in Papua New Guinea during World War II needs greater recognition
International - 23/04/2021 - 8 comments
Andrew Peacock and his unique role in Papua New Guinea’s development
International - 20/04/2021 - 7 comments
The Crown remains an important regional link for Australia
International - 14/04/2021 - 3 comments
A yawning gap in fighting COVID in PNG: where are the churches?
International - 9/04/2021 - 4 comments
Australia must promote its generous aid program, warts and all
International - 31/03/2021 - 5 comments
Australia cannot afford a failed state on our border
International - 23/03/2021 - 26 comments
As the virus spreads the PNG health system collapses
International - 12/03/2021 - 8 comments
The COVID crisis on our doorstep cannot be ignored
International - 4/03/2021 - 6 comments
A personal tribute to Grand Chief Rt Hon Sir Michael Somare the founding father of Papua New Guinea
International - 26/02/2021 - 4 comments
The Pacific needs our help – and it needs it now
International - 24/02/2021 - 11 comments
Australia's PNG policy must be big and bold
International - 17/02/2021 - 15 comments
China sends Papua New Guinea a clear message on vaccines
International - 12/02/2021 - 5 comments
China to build $200 million fishery project on Australia’s doorstep
International - 16/12/2020 - 83 comments
Australia must demand answers on Asian Development Bank funding in Papua New Guinea
International - 7/10/2020 - 12 comments
Australia must go big and bold to strengthen its role in the South Pacific
International - 25/09/2020 - 18 comments
China’s ‘debt-trap diplomacy’ is about to challenge Papua New Guinea - and Australia
International - 11/09/2020 - 12 comments
Huawei could pose a challenge for Australia in Papua New Guinea
International - 25/08/2020 - 5 comments
Helping PNG improve border security is in Australia's national interest
International - 18/08/2020 - 8 comments
This is not the time for Australia to reduce its aid to PNG and the South Pacific
International - 30/07/2020 - 9 comments
Papua New Guinea sides with China on Hong Kong
International - 16/07/2020 - 20 comments
Australia’s failings an opportunity for China as it signs PNG fisheries deal
International - 7/07/2020 - 29 comments
Australia must toughen up as well as step up in Papua New Guinea
International - 25/06/2020 - 13 comments
Australia must take the threat to the Manus Island naval base project seriously
International - 18/06/2020 - 11 comments
Steve Irwin - even larger in death than in life
Society - 5/09/2006 - 96 comments
Papua New Guinea twenty-nine years on: What does the future hold?
International - 16/09/2004
Australia needs a speaker who will encourage healthy debate
Domestic Politics - 13/11/2003
The Australia - Papua New Guinea relationship … time to lift our game
International - 8/07/1999
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