Tag Archives: Papua New Guinea

For the first time in more than a year, farm workers from Papua New Guinea will arrive in Australia to join the seasonal workers program. Ongoing community transmission of COVID-19 in PNG has meant Australian officials have been reluctant to allow workers to rejoin the program.

Tight restrictions remain in force for Papua New Guinea's West New Britain province because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tight restrictions remain in force for Papua New Guinea's West New

Five bodies are recovered from the site of a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea's Central Province. Fifteen people, including three children, are believed to have died in the disaster.

As many as 15 people, including three children, are feared dead in a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea's central province.

Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Mekere Morauta, credited with introducing key financial and constitutional reforms in the Pacific nation, has died

Torres Strait Islander leaders in Far North Queensland say they are "incredibly nervous" about China's plan to build a fish processing plant on their doorstep, and are seeking urgent talks with the Australian Government. China has signed an MOU with PNG to …

Bougainville might be close to independence but the enthusiasm for sitting in the PNG national parliament remains high.

Papua New Guinea's speaker has adjourned parliament for two days, stalling an opposition bid to oust Prime Minister James Marape.

A $200 million "fishery" investment in an area not known for an abundance of fish but strategically as close to Australia as you can get, surely raises questions about the real agenda, writes Laura Tingle.

For the past six weeks or more, both the political system and day-to-day government operations of Papua New Guinea have been paralysed by the impact of divisions within the Marape government, and attempts to remove