As the MSG prepares to consider West Papua’s application for membership, it is important for member states to consider relevant international laws. West Papua is entitled to self-determination under international law a right that was denied to them in 1969. MSG member states now have an opportunity to begin to right that wrong.

Pascal Sebastien Iauko has secured the Tanna MP seat left vacant by his late father, in a phenomenal landslide vote. The jaw-dropping result means Iauko could be the youngest parliamentarian sworn-into parliament. Is there an emerging tendency for voters not to take party policies and national governance issues into consideration?

The parliament of Papua New Guinea has responded to a spate of globally publicized crimes, including several involving the horrendous torture and murder of women, with legislative amendments. However, the expansion of the death penalty does nothing to address the ineffective delivery of police services.

Wan Smolbag Theatre Company’s Klaem Long Lada Ia (‘Climb that ladder’) provides shape and substance to Vanuatu’s painful descent from its idealistic beginnings and the inexorable spread of damage caused by venality, expediency and spiraling criminality.

Fiji has taken further steps towards promised elections with the registration of three political parties. With this announcement, PiPP’s Toby Ley takes a look at the current and prospective political landscape in Fiji.