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Building a nation: Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of independence

A time of opportunity seemed to lie ahead in 1975, but has PNG and its leaders lived up to that promise?

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2025

80-year-old fan's plea to roll dice on Knights in Las Vegas for 2025

'I'm worried I might fall off the perch before I'm 82'

Newcastle Herald · Mar 18, 2024

The load of rubbish that turned out to be buried colonial treasure

Relics from Duntroon Estate have been dusted off for a new exhibition.

The Canberra Times · Mar 1, 2024

James Marape returned as prime minister in Papua New Guinea after fraught election

Marape, leader of PNG since 2019, defeated ex-PM Peter O’Neill in an election plagued by violence and electoral fraud

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2022

James Marape will be Papua New Guinea's prime minister after an election marred by violence

Following weeks of voting and, at times, violent political unrest, Papua New Guinea's incumbent Prime Minister will return to the top job, leading a coalition government.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

Shouldering the weight of four million women: PNG elects its first female MP in a decade

Rufina Peter is just the eighth woman elected in Papua New Guinea. But the economist has been battling for her place in society since she was a child

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2022

Attorneys say Baltimore squeegee shooting was self-defense. How could Maryland’s ‘duty to retreat’ factor into case?

BALTIMORE — A squeegee worker’s defense attorneys called this month’s high-profile killing of a bat-wielding man an act of self-defense for a “14-year-old child paralyzed by fear.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Funeral mass remembers extraordinary life of 'tremendous gardener' Dermot O'Neill

The RTE star's funeral mass took place this morning as the congregation gathered in the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Foxrock

Dublin Live · Jul 9, 2022

Papua New Guinea's national election starts now. Here's what you need to know

Huge political rallies have been held across the country and the voting will take place over the next three weeks, with the incumbent and the former prime ministers tipped as the two most likely candidates to take power.

ABC News · Jul 3, 2022

Famous Dublin gardener Dermot O'Neill dies 'suddenly'

Mr O'Neill passed away last night in St Vincent's University Hospital

Dublin Live · Jul 2, 2022