CONTENTS
Members of the Committee (PDF
format) (Word format)
Recommendations(
PDF
format) (
Word format)
Chapter 1Introduction: Pacific economic and
political community
Chapter 2Economic and social overview
Chapter
3Australias economic relations with the region
Nontariff barriers to trade
Australias promotion of economic selfsufficiency
The
development of the tourism industry
Labour
mobility
Chapter 4Australias
development assistance to the region
Australias support for good governance
Relevance
of development programs
PNG
Incentive Fund
Crisis
driven aid
Rural
development
Institutional strengtheninglaw and justice sectors
Institutional strengtheningpublic service
Institutional strengtheningparliaments
The role
of women in development
The
future direction of aid
Chapter 6Australias Political relations with the
region
The
absence of the Prime Minister at regional meetings
Other
Ministers and Members of Parliament
Pacific
Strategy
Chapter
7Security and transnational organised crime
Solomon
Islands
Money
laundering and terrorist financing
Chapter 8Australians knowledge of the region
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
and conduct of the inquiry (PDF format) (Word
format)
Referral
of the inquiry
Terms of
reference
Conduct
of the inquiry
Advertisement
Submissions
Public
hearings
Briefings
Committee factfinding mission
References
Acknowledgments
Structure
of report
Scope of
the inquiry
Themes
Committees approach to the recommendations
SECTION ONE: ECONOMIC
ISSUES
CHAPTER TWO: Economic
and social overview (PDF format) (Word
format)
Introduction
An
economic and social profile of Pacific states
United
Nations Development Programme
Human
development index for the Pacific
1999
Pacific Human Development Report
United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Conclusion
Social
data
Social
statistics time series data
Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE:
Australia's economic relations with PNG and the Pacific (PDF
format) (Word format)
The
current economic climate in the Pacific region
Australia's economic
relations with PNG and the Pacific
Bilateral trade and investment relationships
Regional economic and trade agreements
Nontariff barriers to trade
Private
sector development
Export
Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC)
Australias promotion of economic selfsufficiency
The
impact of economic liberalisation agendas on the Pacific
Constraints to development
A
dependence on raw commodities for export earnings
Structural issues relating to infrastructure, land tenure and
inadequate institutions
Political instability
Law and
order
The
development of the tourism industry
Are
labour mobility, Dollarisation and a Pacific Economic Community
the future for the region?
Labour
mobility
Conclusion
Dollarisation and a Pacific Economic and Political Community
Implications for Australia
CHAPTER FOUR:
Australias development assistance to PNG and the Pacific (PDF
format) (Word format)
Introduction
The
nature of Australias development assistance to the region
AusAID
Australias support for good governance
Concerns
for the effectiveness of Australias development assistance in PNG and
the Pacific
The
trade versus aid debate
Use of
consultants for aid deliveryboomerang aid
Relevance of development programs
Definition of development
Capacity building and aid to nongovernment and church organisations
Crisis
driven aid
Failure
to address underlying causes
Rural
development
AusAID
corporate knowledge and staff turnover
Issues
of concern
Institutional strengthening
HIV/AIDS
The
role of women in development
Infrastructure
Education and training
Other
donors and the extent of donor harmonisation
The
future direction of Australias development assistance to Papua New
Guinea and the Pacific
CHAPTER FIVE:
Sustainable development, environment management and disaster managements
(PDF format) (Word format)
Forests
Fisheries
Climate
change
Other
environmental issues
Disaster
management
SECTION TWO: POLITICAL
AND SECURITY ISSUES
CHAPTER SIX: Australias
political relations with PNG and the Pacific (PDF
format) (Word format)
Introduction
Overview
of engagement
Australias lack of vision for a longterm relationship with the
region
Regional organisations
Cooperative intervention
The
sensitive nature of the relationship between Australia and the region
and the perceived big brother syndrome
The
absence of the Prime Minister at regional meetings
Other
Ministers and Members of Parliament
Australias immigration policies
The
Pacific Strategy
Issues
of concern
Environmental refugees
Visa
processing
The
issuing of travel advices in the region
CHAPTER SEVEN:
Strategic issues: regional security and transnational organised crime
(PDF format) (Word format)
Introduction
Current
debate on security in the Pacific
The
threat of terrorism
Internal security
Regional
cooperation and the nature of Australias involvement and engagement
Defence
cooperation
AttorneyGenerals Department
Australian Federal Police
Australian Customs Service
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac)
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Regional
and externallysponsored initiatives
Pacific Islands Leaders Summit (PALM 2003)
Small
Arms Survey 2003
Implications for Australia of security developments in the region
CHAPTER EIGHT:
Australians knowledge of the region (PDF format)
(Word format)
Direct
contacts with Pacific countries
The role
of the media
The role
of education
The
role of Australian academic institutions
CHAPTER NINE: New Zealand's
relations with Australia and the region (PDF format)
(Word format)
New
Zealands colonial history in the Pacific
New
Zealands Emergent Tangata Pasifika identity
New
Zealand Government policy towards the Pacific
New
Zealand Agency for International Development/Nga Hoe Tuputupumaitawhiti
SECTION THREE: COUNTRY
SPECIFIC ISSUES
CHAPTER TEN (PDF
format) (Word format)
The Cook
Islands
Background
Current issues
Federated States of Micronesia
Background
Current issues
Fiji
Background
Economic issues
Political issues
Australian development assistance
Resource and disaster management
Border
security and transnational organised crime
Kiribati
Background
Current issues
Marshall
Islands
Background
Current issues
Nauru
Background
Current issues
New
Caledonia
Background
Current issues
Niue
Background
Current issues
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Background
Current issues
Palau
Background
Current issues
Papua
New Guinea
Background
Economic issues
Political issues
Australian development assistance
Border
security and transnational organised crime
Samoa
Background
Economic issues
Australian development assistance
Resource and disaster management
Border
security and transnational organised crime
Solomon
Islands
Background
Tokelau
Background
Current issues
The
Kingdom of Tonga
Background
Economic issues
Political issues
Australian development assistance
Environmental issues
Border
security and transnational organised crime
Tuvalu
Background
Current issues
Vanuatu
Background
Current
issues
Appendix 1: Submissions received by the
Committee (PDF format) (Word
format)
Appendix 2: Witnesses who appeared before the
Committee (PDF format) (Word
format)
Appendix 3, part 1: Committee itinerary for Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon
Islands
and Papua New Guinea 2231 May 2003 (PDF format)
(Word format)
Appendix 3, part 2: Photographs from the Committee's trip to Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon
Islands
and Papua New Guinea 2231 May 2003 (PDF format)
(Word format)
Appendix 4: Regional map of Oceania in the
Pacific Ocean (PDF format) (Word
format)