Spending $600m over a decade on a Papua New Guinean NRL team is a stunningly good investment in Australia’s national security.

Kiribati’s state minerals exploration company has an agreement to sell deep-water tenements to The ... And the Melanesian Spearhead Group, which includes Fiji, PNG, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, ...

The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of the geopolitical tightrope ...

The federal government is putting $600 million over a decade towards the unnamed PNG rugby league team that will take the field in 2028. But a parallel agreement commits PNG to keeping Australia ...

The ABC understands Beijing has been trying to clinch an agreement with PNG that would allow police or defence troops to be based in the country. Mr Marape had previously indicated to the ABC that ...

Trump's pick for Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is a China hawk who previously pressed the need to block Beijing from ...

The PNG deal comes with an escape clause that allows the Australian government to immediately terminate the agreement if PNG ... until the end of 2026, with a mutual option for 2027.

It’s been a hectic week for the Pacific: Australia and Nauru inked a landmark treaty, Tonga’s Prime resigned, and the Australia-PNG Bilateral ... an 80-minute Band-Aid distraction for these ...

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In exchange, PNG signed a separate pact which it says reaffirms its commitment to Australia as its major security partner. The precise terms of the dual deals are confidential, but the BBC ...