The Papua New Guinea cabinet has cleared the way for the finalisation of a sweeping new defence treaty between PNG and Australia.
The cabinet’s tick off for the treaty will be a relief to the Australian government after a glitch last month prevented the signing of the treaty when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was visiting PNG for the celebrations to mark the country’s 50th anniversary of independence.
At that time, a quorum of cabinet members could not be gathered to approve the treaty because many had dispersed across the country for the celebrations.
