Wednesday 12 July

Time

Event

Location

14:50

Check in Heritage Park Hotel

Honiara

15:30 – 16:30

Central Bank Solomon Islands (CBSI) Governor Dr Luke Forau

Central Bank

17:00 – 20:00

Briefing and dinner with Deputy and High Commissioner

High Commissioner’s Residence

Thursday 13 July

9:45 – 11:15

Solomon Islands Electoral Commissioner and Electoral Office

Solomon Islands Electoral Office

11:30 – 12:30

Briefing with Clerk of Parliament and tour of Parliament House

Parliament House

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch with Deputy Speaker and Clerks of Committees

Parliament House

13:30 – 15:00

Parliamentary Committees

Parliament House

15:15 – 15:45

Leader of the Opposition Hon Matthew Wale

Parliament House

16:00 – 17:15

Auditor General

Office of the Auditor General

18:30 – 20:30

Dinner with High Commissioner and guests including Dr Anouk Ride, Marie-Louise O’Callaghan, Dorothy Wickham, Ruth Liloqula

High Commissioner’s Residence

Friday 14 July

9:00 – 10:30

Integrity agencies: Solomon Islands Commission Against Corruption, Ombudsman, Leadership Code Commission, Office of the Registrar of Political Parties

Office of the Auditor General conference room

10:45 – 11:45

Church leaders

Archbishop Chris Cadone’s residence

12:00 – 14:00

Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC): tour and meeting with journalists including Media Association Solomon Islands (MASI) and ABC local journalist

SIBC Headquarters

14:15 – 15:45

Civil Society meetings: Development Services Exchange, National Women’s Council, Young Women’s Parliamentary Association, People with Disability Solomon Islands, National Youth Congress

Institute for Public Administration and Management (IPAM)

16:00 – 17:30

Asian Development Bank and UNDP

ADB conference room

Saturday 15 July

10:00 – 11:00

ADF

ADF Base

11:40

Flight to Port Moresby

Honiara airport

15:00

Arrive Port Moresby, PNG

Port Moresby airport

17:00

Deputy High Commissioner welcome and briefing

Hilton Hotel

Sunday 16 July

7:00 – 8:00

Fly from Port Moresby to Lae

Lae, Morobe Province

8:30 – 9:30

Brunch with Morobe Assistant Electoral Manager, Returning Officer and Morobe Election Monitoring Official

Lae Yacht Club

9:30 – 10:30

Boat to Salamaua with Minister for Community Development, Religion and Youth, Hon Jason Peter MP

Salamaua

10:30 – 10:45

Official Sing Sing (welcome)

Salamaua

10:45 – 12:00

District Administrator and Community Leaders

Salamaua

12:00 – 13:30

Community lunch

Salamaua

13:30 – 14:30

Return to Lae

Lae Yacht Club

14:30 – 16:30

Meeting with 3 unsuccessful candidates from 2022 national election

Lae Yacht Club

17:00 – 18:00

Depart Lae for Port Moresby

Lae

18:00

Arrive back in Port Moresby

Port Moresby

Monday 17 July

11:00 – 12:00

PNG Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai

Australian High Commission

12:00 – 12:30

Lunch

Australian High Commission

13:00 – 14:30

Acting Speaker, Koni Iguan and tour of Parliament House

Parliament House

15:00 – 16:30

Post Courier journalists and tour of headquarters

Post Courier Headquarters

18:30 – 20:30

Dinner with International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Hilton Hotel

Tuesday 18 July

9:30 – 11:00

Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates Commission for Australian High Commission

Integrity of Political Parties Office

11:30 – 13:30

Civil Society roundtable and tour with Transparency International and The Voice

The Voice Headquarters

13:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:30 – 15:30

Independent Commission Against Corruption

Australian High Commission

16:00 – 17:00

Media Council of PNG

Australian High Commission

18:30 – 20:30

Dinner with High Commissioner and ADF representative

Australian High Commission

Wednesday 19 July 2023

6:30

Depart Port Moresby for Brisbane, Australia