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Australia welcomes US-Papua New Guinea defence pact

The Australian government on Tuesday welcomed a defence cooperation agreement between its closest neighbour Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the U.S. aimed at bolstering regional security amid China's plans to increase influence in the Pacific.

Reuters

Australia to boost PNG ties as US pivots to Pacific

Australia continues to negotiate a defence pact with Papua New Guinea despite a similar US one drawing concerns it could damage its neutrality foreign policy.

AAP

Biden seals 3 deals in Pacific islands as U.S. competes with China

China's moves in the region spurred Biden to action.

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United States and Papua New Guinea strengthen defence ties with new security agreement, details still to be made public

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signs a Defence Cooperation Agreement between the United States and PNG, a leaked draft of which suggests it might open the door to a substantial US military presence in the country, as well as potentially offering American personnel in PNG some protection from prosecution.

ABC News

Man 'drove to Qld to pick up drugs that never arrived'

Osman El-Houli has been accused of driving from Melbourne to Queensland to pick up drugs that never arrived after a plane loaded with cocaine crashed in PNG.

AAP

Papua New Guinea, US sign defence and maritime pact

Blinken says defence and maritime surveillance pact was signed by both countries ‘as equals and sovereign partners’.

Al Jazeera

U.S., Papua New Guinea sign defence pact at Pacific summit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a defence cooperation pact signed with Papua New Guinea on Monday would expand the Pacific island nation's capabilities and make it easier for the U.S. military to train with its forces.

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India's Modi lands in Papua New Guinea to host senior leaders at forum for India-Pacific Islands cooperation

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Port Moresby to host the third Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC), which brings together leaders and top officials from New Delhi and 14 Pacific Island nations.

ABC News

Leaders meet in PNG with defence pacts in limelight

Australia's Pacific minister and the US secretary of state are in Papua New Guinea as the nation prepares to strengthen ties with Washington and Canberra.

AAP

Ukraine conflict shows need for defence pact with U.S. - Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea said it will sign a defence agreement with the United States, ahead of a deal with Australia and despite opposition party concerns it could upset China, because the Ukraine conflict shows the need for military capability.

Reuters

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says US security pact still a work in progress, reveals visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

James Marape takes a call from US President Joe Biden mid press conference and confirms US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would be coming to Port Moresby instead of the president, who cancelled his trip.

ABC News

Biden calls Papua leader Marape after cancelling meeting

U.S. President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape on Thursday after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation to tell him Secretary of State Antony Blinken would travel in his place, the two leaders said.

Reuters

Former A-League club owner Don Matheson becomes centre of international police investigation

The former owner of the Northern Queensland Fury football club, Don Matheson, is now at the centre of a joint investigation between Papua New Guinea police, Interpol, and Australian authorities.

ABC News

With China looming, Biden plans new Pacific islands summit after PNG no-show

U.S. President Joe Biden will arrange another summit of Pacific island leaders this year after the disappointment caused by his cancellation of a visit to Papua New Guinea due to the domestic debt ceiling crisis, his national security adviser said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - AU

The cancelled Quad summit is a win for China and a self-inflicted blow to the US’s Pacific standing

Joe Biden’s decision to pull out of visits to Australia and PNG will reflect poorly on the US amid growing competition for influence in the region

The Guardian - AU

Disappointment in Papua New Guinea after Biden cancels first visit by a US leader

After six months of preparation in Port Moresby, the President cut short his trip in order to focus on debt limit talks in Washington

ABC News

ABC presenter Hilda Wayne on the heartbreak of covering tribal violence in her homeland of PNG

Tribal fighting has long been a persistent and devastating part of life in the PNG highlands – but the introduction of high-powered weapons, money and politics has taken things to a destructive new level. ABC presenter Hilda Wayne visited the highlands to speak to those affected.

Reuters

US defence pact to strengthen military, police -PNG leader

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said that the United States had been a "silent" security partner to his nation but that a defence cooperation pact to be signed when Joe Biden arrives Monday will see Washington "stepping out".

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PNG foreign minister stands aside over coronation trip

Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko says he is standing aside amid a controversy over the cost and size of the developing country's

Reuters

Papua foreign minister resigns role over coronation travel cost controversy

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said he was resigning as minister on Friday amid a controversy over the cost and size of the country's delegation to the coronation of King Charles III in London.

Al Jazeera

PNG’s Tkatchenko ‘stands aside’ after ‘primitive animals’ comment

Foreign minister had faced calls to go after comments made in response to daughter’s TikTok video of lavish London trip.

ABC News

Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside

PNG's Foreign Minister faced widespread calls to resign after he called critics of a video, made during a taxpayer-funded trip to the coronation of King Charles III and posted on social media by his daughter, "primitive animals" and "useless individuals".

The Guardian - AU

PNG minister apologises for calling daughter’s coronation critics ‘primitive animals’

Foreign minister Justin Tkatchencko’s daughter had been criticised for posting TikTok videos of her first-class trip to London for the king’s coronation

ABC News

PNG Prime Minister James Marape calls for nation to 'forgive' Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko over 'primitive animals' comments

Prime Minister James Marape asks the people of Papua New Guinea to "forgive" the country's foreign minister after his apology for his "primitive animals" comments.

ABC News

Opposition demands PNG foreign minister be sacked over 'primitive animals' comments while defending daughter

Calls for Papua New Guinea's foreign minister to be sacked — and have his citizenship stripped — over "racist" and "derogatory" comments are intensifying ahead of US President Joe Biden's historic visit to the country.

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