カテゴリー: Papua New Guinea
Week of visits by Emmanuel Macron, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin underlines concerns over Beijing’s growing influenceChina’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsFrance’s president, Emmanuel Macron, took off his suit jacket and tie on F…
Some fishers say they lack information and worry about Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater into the seaEvery day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.The 54-year-old dro…
Deal signed last month gives US ‘exclusive use’ of parts of bases, as Palau PM says he has asked US to step up patrols after Chinese incursions into its waters The US military can develop and operate out of bases in Papua New Guinea, according to a lan…
James Marape says agreement has clause saying Pacific country is not to be ‘used as a place for launching offensive military operations’Papua New Guinea will not be used as a base for “war to be launched”, prime minister James Marape has said, as the P…
Prime minister James Marape was at pains to say he did not want to be forced to make a choice between the US and China He may have just signed a new defence cooperation agreement with the United States, but the prime minister of Papua New Guinea was de…
Concerns security deal could leave Papua New Guinea stuck between an increasingly hostile US and ChinaThe US has signed a security pact with Papua New Guinea amid concerns inside the country about increasing militarisation as Washington competes with B…
Leaders of Japan, India, US and Australia will instead meet on sidelines of the G7 in Hiroshima this weekendGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has confirmed the Sydney Quad meeting will not go ahea…
In one pocket of Vanuatu, Prince Philip is a central part of local folklore, and the coronation of his son is a cause for celebration The coronation of King Charles III will take place thousands of kilometres from the Pacific, but in some pockets of th…
Gang who captured Prof Bryce Barker and his research team wanted compensation after two members shot at logging siteThe decision to take the Australian-based New Zealand archaeologist Prof Bryce Barker and his research team hostage near remote Mount Bo…
Foreign minister Penny Wong says all hostages, including a New Zealand-born Australian academic, have been freedAustralia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has said all hostages taken by a Papua New Guinean criminal gang have been released, inclu…
Papua New Guinea police warn against circulation of fake news as negotiations continue with gunmenA woman who was taken hostage in Papua New Guinea has been released while an Australian professor and two local researchers are still held captive by an a…
Reporters need protection from violence and intimidation – not a law that makes it easier to sack themDuring my first week as a journalist in a television station in Papua New Guinea, I got told by a bureaucrat in a large government department that I s…
The academic, who was conducting studies in the highlands, was taken hostage along with three other researchersFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice in …
Papua New Guinea is an amazing tourist destination, more Australians should visit | Stefanie Vaccher
Despite being less than a two-hour flight from Australia, fewer than 80,000 people visited the country in 2019. Here’s why you should make the tripLast June, I spent four days snorkelling in crystal clear water, swimming with dolphins, and learning to …
In contrast with security deal between China and Solomon Islands, the Australia-PNG agreement will be ‘public and transparent’, prime ministers vowGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia and Papua New Guinea h…