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Murdered PNG official's secret deals raise questions over Australia's foreign assistance program

Fego Kiniafa was a top PNG businessman who workers called "The Chief". Last year he was brutally murdered and now an investigation has uncovered secret business deals that raise serious questions about who Australia chooses to partner with under its foreign assistance programs.

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How the 'second Amazon' became a battleground

It's called the 'second Amazon'. But like the Amazon, a pristine river system to Australia's north has become a battleground.

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Refugees held offshore plead with Australia to be moved, saying ‘every day is suffering’

Home affairs department’s submission to inquiry is the only one opposing Greens senator’s bill calling for refugee evacuation to Australia

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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape orders corruption watchdog to investigate PNG Ports

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape says the country's corruption watchdog will investigate the state-owned PNG Ports Corporation in response to revelations by the ABC.

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Possum feared extinct discovered being cooked on a hungry family's BBQ

Michael Smith found a Telefomin cuscus possum - a species that was feared extinct in Papua New Guinea - but was left shocked to that he was only able to take photos of the "their skulls"

Daily Mirror

Family of professor taken hostage 'overjoyed' at return

Professor Bryce Barker's family have expressed their gratitude and thanks to those who helped secure his release after he was taken hostage in Papua New Guinea.

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PM to work with PNG following hostage release

The government has offered its thanks to Papua New Guinea for securing the release of an Australian professor held hostage by armed criminals.

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Professor freed from PNG criminals returns to Toowoomba

An archaeologist has returned to Australia after being released by armed criminals who were holding him and three others hostage in a remote part of Papua New Guinea.

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Hostage returns to Australia after kidnapping by armed PNG gang

Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) - An archaeologist taken hostage while working in Papua New Guinea's remote jungle highlands returned to Australia Monday, as police hunted for his captors.

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Archaeologist freed after ‘covert’ rescue mission in Papua New Guinea to return to Australia

Three hostages spent more than a week in captivity before being released

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Professor freed from PNG criminals returns to Australia

Archaeologist Professor Bryce Barker has returned to Australia after being released by criminals who took him and three others hostage in Papua New Guinea.

AAP

PNG police hunt for kidnappers who took archaeology research group hostage, as Australian professor flies home

Police in Papua New Guinea say there is "unfinished business" in their pursuit of the criminal gang who took an Australian archaeologist and three local women hostage in the country's highlands.

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Papua New Guinea hostage taking a ‘spur of the moment decision’

Gang who captured Prof Bryce Barker and his research team wanted compensation after two members shot at logging site

The Guardian - AU

Australian professor and two other hostages freed in Papua New Guinea after a week

A group of archaeology researchers, including the Australian professor, were taken hostage in Papua New Guinea by a gang demanding cash ransom

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Hostages 'traumatised' but safe after week-long PNG abduction

Port Moresby (AFP) - Three hostages, including a New Zealand archaeologist, were freed in Papua New Guinea on Sunday after a tense week of negotiations between police and armed kidnappers in the country's rugged highlands.

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Hostages freed in Papua New Guinea after week-long abduction

A New Zealander and two other hostages have been freed in Papua New Guinea, the country's prime minister said Sunday, after they were held for a week in the highlands by an armed group.

Reuters

Australian professor among three hostages released in Papua New Guinea

An Australian archaeologist and two Papua New Guinea researchers held for a week by 20 armed men in a remote part of the Pacific Island nation were released on Sunday, while their captors remain at large, a local official told Reuters.

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Australian professor freed from PNG hostage situation

An Australian-based professor and other hostages taken captive in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea have been freed.

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Inside rescue mission to free Australian professor taken hostage by armed bandits in PNG jungle

An Australian archaeology professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues are released from captivity after more than a week of tense and traumatic negotiations, and a complex security operation involving police and defence personnel.

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Rohan Smith makes Nene Macdonald decision with new star primed for Leeds Rhinos debut

The Papua New Guinea international has been selected after recovering from a quad injury.

Daily Mirror

Leeds Rhinos new boy Nene Macdonald relishing Hull clash after four-month layoff

Papua New Guinea star, 28, finally gets to make his debut after almost four months out injured and he's looking to impress from the off in Super League clash at Headingley

AAP

Stern warning to PNG kidnappers after hostage released

Kidnappers have released one of four people taken hostage in remote Papua New Guinea, but an Australian professor remains captive.

Reuters

One woman hostage released in Papua New Guinea, negotiations continue - police

A woman hostage, one of four people held captive by an armed group in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, was released and negotiations are continuing for a "peaceful resolution" to the situation, the Pacific island nation's police commissioner said.

The Guardian - AU

PNG hostage freed but Australian professor and two local researchers still held captive

Papua New Guinea police warn against circulation of fake news as negotiations continue with gunmen

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Bottles of Coke, all-day games and child prodigies — how darts has taken Papua New Guinea by storm

After breaking free of cosy British pubs a long time ago, the sport of Darts has spread to the unlikeliest of locales — the South Pacific.

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