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Apr 13, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Vincent Kyle Parada |Philippine Navy |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Vincent Kyle Parada, Philippine NavyOn 4 March 2023, Provincial Governor Roel Degamo was gunned down inside his residential compound at Pamplona in Negros Oriental. The attack has claimed the lives of nine people and injured 16 more. Degamo had been in the middle of a meeting with his constituents when around ten heavily armed men entered his residence and opened fire.
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Apr 9, 2023 | 
theaustraliatoday.com.au | Peter McDonald
By Peter McDonaldLast week, the Australian published a story saying net-overseas migration would reach 650,000 over the two financial years, 2022-23 and 2023-24. As the story included comments from Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy, we can assume these numbers will appear in the population statement accompanying the May budget.
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Apr 6, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | East Stroudsburg |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald |Ko Mishima
Author: Ko Mishima, East Stroudsburg UniversityLate prime minister Shinzo Abe left an important mark on Japanese political history. He exercised strong leadership over traditionally independent-minded bureaucrats, though the outcomes of his top-down policy renewals varied. How does Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s leadership compare?
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Apr 6, 2023 | 
econotimes.com | Peter McDonald
Last week, the Australian published a story saying net-overseas migration would reach 650,000 over the two financial years, 2022-23 and 2023-24.
As the story included comments from Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy, we can assume these numbers will appear in the population statement accompanying the May budget.
The new numbers have attracted attention in the media, especially in relation to the effects of large-scale migration on the labour and housing markets.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
thetimes.com.au | Peter McDonald
Wed Apr 5 Written by Peter McDonald, Honorary Professor of Demography, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne Last week, the Australian published[1] a story saying net-overseas migration would reach 650,000 over the two financial years, 2022-23 and 2023-24. As the story included comments from Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy, we can assume these numbers will appear in the population statement accompanying the May budget.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Shailendra Singh |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Shailendra Bahadur Singh, University of the South PacificFiji’s new government is tabling a bill to repeal the Media Industry Development Act. But the punitive legislation — which had been in place for more than a decade — has left its imprint on the region. The Papua New Guinean (PNG) government’s new media legislation proposed in March is drawing a comparison with Fiji’s punitive media act. The draft media policy raises concerns about media freedom in PNG and even across Melanesia.
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Apr 3, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Ross Garnaut |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Ross Garnaut, University of MelbourneMy book The Superpower Transformation showed how Australia’s full participation in the world’s move to early zero net emissions would underpin full employment with rising living standards for a growing population through the next four decades. While doing well for itself, Australia would increase the likelihood of success in our battle with climate change. Australia moving to net zero reduces global emissions by just over 1 per cent.
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Apr 2, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Masahiko Takeda |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Masahiko Takeda, ANUWhile many advanced economy central banks are facing a dilemma over how to fight inflation in the middle of an outbreak of financial instability, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is facing a unique dilemma of its own. In 2022, Japanese inflation reached 4 per cent — well above the BOJ’s target of 2 per cent. Ten years since the BOJ began quantitative and qualitative easing to generate inflation, it is now seeing much higher inflation than it hoped for.
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Apr 1, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Fan Yang |Peter McDonald |Katharine H.S. Moon
1 April 2023Author: Fan Yang, Deakin UniversityThe 2019 Australian federal election was the first time that Australian politicians interacted with Mandarin speakers on the Chinese social media platform WeChat. The two major party leaders at the time — Scott Morrison of the Liberal-National Party (LNP) and Bill Shorten of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) — joined WeChat Official Accounts (WOAs) to give public announcements and conduct online video meetings as part of their election campaigns.
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Mar 31, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Peter McDonald |Katharine H.S. Moon |Dushni Weerakoon
Authors: Oyuntugs Davaakhuu, Economic Research Institute and Tuvshintugs Batdelger, Economic Research Institute and National University of MongoliaAt the onset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was widely expected that the war would have a profoundly negative impact on the Mongolian economy. Mongolia is Russia’s direct southern neighbour and its economy significantly depends on the import of strategically important goods from Russia.
