Articles

Volunteering an opinion

DEVPOLICY Blog | March 11, 2015

Timor-Leste: New prime minister, new approach

The Interpreter | February 16, 2015

Foreign legal advisers and the state of Timor-Leste

The Interpreter | November 3, 2014

Why is it that so few of us appear to read reports? Because life is squelched out of them

DEVPOLICY Blog | May 23, 2014


Essays & Op-eds

‘What Lies Beneath Government’ (with Miranda Forsyth)
https://aeon.co/essays/how-a-small-island-capital-reimagines-the-bureaucratic-state

‘Papua New Guinea: Election Violence Shows Lack of Trust in the State’ (with Miranda Forsyth)
https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/08/papua-new-guinea-election-violence-shows-lack-trust-state

Violence in the Papua New Guinea elections is the result of broken systems Australia cannot ignore (with Miranda Forsyth)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/29/violence-in-the-png-elections-is-the-result-of-broken-systems-that-australia-cannot-ignore

Australia must listen to Pacific Countries on Defence Issues (with Joanne Wallis)
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7830280/do-pacific-defence-forces-really-need-yet-another-aussie-training-school/

Australia’s Solomon Islands aid is going up in smoke
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7534406/our-aid-to-the-solomons-is-going-up-in-smoke/

Remembering James Scambary
https://devpolicy.org/vale-dr-james-scambary-20200918-2/


Book Reviews

Barbarian Days - A Surfing Life, By William FinnegaBarbarian Days - A Surfing Life review: The big Kahuna's worth the ride

The Sydney Morning Herald | August 28, 2015

Inside The Crocodile– The Papua New Guinea Journals, By Trish Nicolson. Inside the Crocodile review: Wonderful 40th birthday present for PNG

The Sydney Morning Herald | September 11, 2015

The Power of Good Satire
https://devpolicy.org/the-power-of-good-satire-20220211/

DEVPOLICY BLOG | FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The most influential humanitarian you have never heard of
https://devpolicy.org/the-most-influential-humanitarian-youve-never-heard-of-20220203/

DEVPOLICY BLOG | FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Where are you this time?
https://devpolicy.org/where-are-you-this-time-20211217/

DEVPOLICY BLOG | DECEMBER 17, 2021

An insider’s guide to changing the world
https://devpolicy.org/an-insiders-guide-to-changing-the-world-20211130/ 

DEVPOLICY BLOG | NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Doing better without aid
https://devpolicy.org/doing-better-without-aid-the-case-of-somaliland-20210317/

DEVPOLICY BLOG | MARCH 17, 2021

Aid’s implementariat: national and invisible
https://devpolicy.org/aids-implementariat-national-and-invisible-20201214/

DEVPOLICY BLOG | DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Watermill : compelling stories of injustice
https://devpolicy.org/the-watermill-compelling-stories-of-injustice-20201118/