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Dominic Giannini

PNG minister to be appointed after Australian arrest

A minister in Papua New Guinea's government will face a Sydney court charged with domestic violence. (AAP PHOTOS)

Papua New Guinea will appoint an acting petroleum minister after Jimmy Maladina stepped down while he faces charges over an alleged domestic assault in Australia. 

The 58-year-old was charged over an alleged domestic dispute after police were called to an address in Sydney's eastern suburb of Bondi and found a 31-year-old woman with facial injuries on Saturday.

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