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The Latest Breaking News from Papua New Guinea

Australia finalizing new security pact with Pacific neighbor

The leaders of Australia and neighboring Papua New Guinea say they are finalizing a new security treaty — a move that comes as a challenge to China’s growing assertiveness in the region

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Australia offers help with PNG prosperity

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told the Papua New Guinea parliament in a landmark address there are many opportunities to boost jobs and incomes.

AAP · Jan 12, 2023

Albanese wants PNG-based team in NRL

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a major speech to call for a Papua New Guinea-based, Pacific Islander team to be included in the National Rugby League.

AAP · Jan 12, 2023

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Australia needs to rethink Papua New Guinea aid. People need power and water, not governance workshops

You can’t enhance human development when 87% of the population does not have power and transport mainly consists of walking

The Guardian - AU · Jan 11, 2023

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese keen to strengthen ties in first visit to Papua New Guinea

Anthony Albanese will touch down in Papua New Guinea's capital today; the first Australian prime minister to visit the country in more than four years.

ABC News · Jan 11, 2023

Australia PM to push defence ties on Papua New Guinea visit

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will urge Papua New Guinea to deepen defence ties in an address to its parliament on Thursday highlighting Australian investment, as China also seeks to boost influence with the resource-rich Pacific nation.

Reuters · Jan 11, 2023

Anthony Albanese to push ‘family-first’ security treaty in address to Papua New Guinea parliament

Australian PM to call for ‘a swift conclusion to negotiations’ to treaty and say both countries should ‘work as equals with our fellow Pacific states’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 11, 2023

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PNG has 'appetite' for new defence deal

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will head to Papua New Guinea on Thursday, with counterpart James Marape showing he's ready for serious reform.

AAP · Jan 11, 2023

Security deal to dominate PM's PNG visit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Papua New Guinea, where sewing up a security deal could be a top-priority agenda item.

AAP · Jan 10, 2023

Australia and Papua New Guinea to further defence treaty during Anthony Albanese's visit to Port Moresby

Anthony Albanese and PNG Prime Minister James Marape are expected to sign an agreement advancing a defence treaty between Canberra and Port Moresby, with Australia also to announce plans to open a visa processing office in the country.

ABC News · Jan 10, 2023

Albanese sees goodwill in PNG visit

Anthony Albanese will next week make the first visit to Papua New Guinea by an Australian prime minister since 2018.

AAP · Jan 7, 2023

Australia's Albanese to visit Papua New Guinea to strengthen economic, security ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday he would travel to Papua New Guinea this week in a bid to boost bilateral ties and aid "friendship" in the Pacific region.

Reuters · Jan 7, 2023

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to address Papua New Guinea's national parliament on two-day trip

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will address the Papua New Guinea national parliament and visit the resting place of the late Sir Michael Somare during a two-day visit next week.

ABC News · Jan 5, 2023

Port Moresby hospital buries unclaimed bodies in mass grave after viral video shows overflowing morgue

Papua New Guinea's health authorities bury 92 unclaimed bodies, including 40 children, after a video showing overflow from a morgue being stored in a shed went viral.

ABC News · Jan 4, 2023

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Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2022

COVID vaccine hesitancy leads to child health concerns in PNG

Distrust of COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea linked to reduction in children receiving more general vaccinations.

ABC News · Dec 22, 2022

China funds construction of new military hospital at Papua New Guinea's Taurama Barracks

Beijing is paying $13 million for the construction of a new hospital at Taurama Barracks in Port Moresby, prompting a warning from Australian analysts that the project could be a sign of more spending to come.

AAP · Dec 14, 2022

Albanese to meet with PNG PM in January

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Papua New Guinea in the new year for talks with his counterpart James Marape in the capital Port Moresby.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Australia leader postpones Papua New Guinea visit due to COVID illness

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has deferred a visit to Papua New Guinea until early next year after testing positive for COVID-19.

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2022

Papua New Guinea can’t afford Australia and US standoff with China, James Marape warns

PNG prime minister tells west ‘your enemy is not our enemy’ as he tries to steer clear of geopolitical struggle gripping the Pacific

AAP · Dec 5, 2022

PM eyes security ties on trip to PNG

Australia is looking to clinch a security deal with Papua New Guinea when the prime minister visits for top-level talks on a range of issues.

Reuters · Dec 5, 2022

Papua New Guinea PM Marape urges miners to go ahead with projects

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Monday urged mining investors to get on with developing their resources, pushing for more downstream processing in the country and more local employment.

Leeds Live · Dec 1, 2022

Leeds Rhinos confirm capture of Leigh Leopards and Papua New Guinea centre

Macdonald has signed on a two-year deal in a move that reunites him with Leeds coach Rohan Smith.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

Manus Islander uni graduate calls on PNG women to chase dreams, challenge cultural norms

When Sophie Sindra Hepota, 37, boarded a plane from Papua New Guinea to Australia, she waved goodbye to her husband and young children for three years. Now she wants young women at home to chase their dreams and challenge traditional roles.

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Scientists rediscover lost bird that hadn’t been seen in 140 years

Discovery was made in Fergusson Island, off the east coast of Papua New Guinea in September

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Nipah virus left 100 people and a million pigs dead 20 years ago, and it's on Australia's doorstep

The virus has been found as close as Timor Leste, and a similar one is circulating in Papua New Guinea.

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