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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 establishment of an NRL team in PNG has received global support as the teenage son of one of the nation's greatest players prepares to make his debut. Cooper Bai, whose father Marcus won a ...

The only electricity provider in PNG is more than $1.5 billion in debt and trading while insolvent, financial documents show. More than 80 per cent of people in PNG don't have access to mains power — ...

PNG NRL CEO Andrew Hill, one of the driving forces behind the introduction of a Papua New Guinea team to the NRL Premiership, has announced his departure to take charge of the Panthers. Hill, who was ...