The Conversation

With new PNG defence treaty, Australia is delivering on its rhetoric about trust at a critical time

Ian Kemish is chair of the Kokoda Track Foundation, which receives funding from the Australian government and a range of corporate sponsors in PNG and Australia. He served as Australian high ...
The Diplomat

Why Haven’t PNG and Australia Signed the Pukpuk Mutual Defense Treaty Yet?

A scheduling issue is one reason, but there are other factors that underscore why the defense treaty has yet to be signed. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Papua New Guinea (PNG) last ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia-PNG defence treaty will require countries to 'act' if either one is attacked

Australia and Papua New Guinea will be required to come to each other's aid if either country faces an attack, a major security agreement says. The bilateral defence treaty, seen by the ABC, will also ...
Al Jazeera English

PNG celebrates independence, to sign defence treaty with Australia

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face “emerging threats” to their security, a new defence treaty seen by the AFP news agency says.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia and PNG fail to clinch defence agreement, resorting to communique

A major defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea has failed to get over the line today, with the countries resorting to signing a communique in lieu of the actual document. Papua New ...
The Australian Financial Review

Major setback for PM as PNG defence treaty falters

Anthony Albanese insists Australia will seal a landmark defence treaty with Papua New Guinea as early as next month after being left red-faced on Wednesday when a planned signing ceremony failed to ...
Sydney Morning Herald

‘China is relentless’: US diplomat warns Beijing could be influencing PNG treaty delay

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia and Papua New Guinea are scrambling to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment by locking in a historic defence treaty before Prime ...
The Australian Financial Review

Two failed signings in a week expose flaws in Australia’s Pacific diplomacy

The stalled agreement with PNG signals to Canberra that it might need to go back to the drawing board to reassess its diplomatic approach. The much-anticipated Australia-Papua New Guinea Defence ...
The Conversation

50 years without coups or dictators: how PNG built a durable democracy based on dignity and fairness

Brad Underhill receives funding for the "Debating the Nation" book from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Helen Gardner received funding for Debating the Nation from the Department of ...
Couriermail

PNG Prime Minister James Marape asks Australian media to ‘respect’ China as war pact delayed

Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart James Marape both suggested in recent days the Pukpuk Treaty would go ahead even though Mr Marape’s cabinet had not given it the green light. Under the ...
SBS

Australia-PNG defence pact on hold, but PM insists it'll still be inked

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been in Papua New Guinea as the country celebrated 50 years of independence. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave Papua New Guinea ...