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Australian man dies while hiking Kokoda Track

The Australian government is providing assistance to the family of a 48-year-old Australian man who died while hiking the popular but gruelling trail in Papua New Guinea.

ABC News

'Bird poo' frog among five new species classified in Papua New Guinea

New Guinea has the most diverse array of tropical island frogs in the world and its mountains and forests are still revealing their secrets. Here are five newly classified species.

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Bank South Pacific customers in PNG told to repay money after glitch allows accounts to be overdrawn over Easter

A "technical issue" has allowed some customers with Papua New Guinea's largest bank to overdraw money from their accounts, while others have watched their bank balances drop.

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Thargomindah mates train in Queensland's outback for Kokoda Track

Arid south-west Queensland is a long way from the jungle-covered mountains of the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, but that's no deterrent for these outback mates.

ABC News

Four dead and 300 homes destroyed by earthquake in Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 7.0 quake hits remote region to cause deep fissures in land near epicentre at Chambri Lake

Wales Online

At least four dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea quake

At least four people have been killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in a remote area of northern Papua New Guinea, an official said on Tuesday, a day after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

Reuters

3 dead as powerful earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

At least three people were killed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook a remote region of northwestern Papua New Guinea before dawn Monday.

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Papua New Guinea East Sepik province hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake, four dead

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea's East Sepik province.

ABC News

We provided health care for children in immigration detention. This is what we found

Australia’s immigration policies allow for indefinite locked detention, including for children and families. Detention is mandatory for people arriving without a valid visa – all those who arrived by boat between 2009 and 2013 were held in Immigration Detention Centres in Australia, or in Australian-contracted detention in Nauru or Papua…

The Conversation

Aussies help PNG women get life-saving cancer treatment

Thousands of Papua New Guinean women will have access to cervical cancer screening under a program supported by an Australian philanthropist group.

AAP

Hunter students illuminate the future for kids living in energy poverty

Students at Hunter Sports High School have helped illuminate the futures of kids living in energy poverty in Papua New Guinea.

Newcastle Herald

Harvard physicist plans expedition to find ‘alien artefact’ that fell from space

Avi Loeb organizing $1.5m search to Papua New Guinea to look for interstellar object that crashed into ocean in 2014

The Guardian - US

Five men charged after 52kg of meth found on 'black flight' from PNG to Australia

Five men are charged after allegedly trying to fly 52kg of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea to Australia on a plane that couldn't be tracked on radars.

ABC News

Five accused of PNG black flight meth importation

Authorities have arrested five men after a light plane on-route to NSW from Papua New Guinea was intercepted, allegedly loaded with methamphetamine.

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Thousands of Papua New Guineans caught up in Golden Sun movie review 'pyramid scheme'

Thousands of Papua New Guineans fall victim to a scheme that promises money in return for reviews of 15-second blockbuster movie clips.

AAP

NRL open to expansion in 2025, PNG a legitimate option

The NRL has given the greatest indication yet a Pasifika side based largely out of Papua New Guinea could be a legitimate expansion chance for 2025.

ABC News

Murdered PNG official's secret deals raise questions over Australia's foreign assistance program

Fego Kiniafa was a top PNG businessman who workers called "The Chief". Last year he was brutally murdered and now an investigation has uncovered secret business deals that raise serious questions about who Australia chooses to partner with under its foreign assistance programs.

ABC News

How the 'second Amazon' became a battleground

It's called the 'second Amazon'. But like the Amazon, a pristine river system to Australia's north has become a battleground.

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Refugees held offshore plead with Australia to be moved, saying ‘every day is suffering’

Home affairs department’s submission to inquiry is the only one opposing Greens senator’s bill calling for refugee evacuation to Australia

ABC News

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape orders corruption watchdog to investigate PNG Ports

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape says the country's corruption watchdog will investigate the state-owned PNG Ports Corporation in response to revelations by the ABC.

Daily Mirror

Possum feared extinct discovered being cooked on a hungry family's BBQ

Michael Smith found a Telefomin cuscus possum - a species that was feared extinct in Papua New Guinea - but was left shocked to that he was only able to take photos of the "their skulls"

AAP

Family of professor taken hostage 'overjoyed' at return

Professor Bryce Barker's family have expressed their gratitude and thanks to those who helped secure his release after he was taken hostage in Papua New Guinea.

The New Daily

PM to work with PNG following hostage release

The government has offered its thanks to Papua New Guinea for securing the release of an Australian professor held hostage by armed criminals.

The New Daily

Professor freed from PNG criminals returns to Toowoomba

An archaeologist has returned to Australia after being released by armed criminals who were holding him and three others hostage in a remote part of Papua New Guinea.

The Independent UK

Archaeologist freed after ‘covert’ rescue mission in Papua New Guinea to return to Australia

Three hostages spent more than a week in captivity before being released

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