The two members of the Pacific region’s newest security pact have divergent geostrategic objectives that will complicate ...

The Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Federal Police, Queensland Police Service, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities have successfully completed the latest Joint Cross Border Patrol in the ...

People smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal foreign fishing were the focus during a recent cross-border patrol in the ...

On October 6, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met in Canberra ...

A defence deal to be signed this week could see Papua New Guineans serve in the Australian military, Canberra said on Monday, the pact seen as an attempt to counter Beijing's rising Pacific influence.

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major defense treaty, which Beijing claims unfairly targets China.

Recruitment in the region sits comfortably with the goal of security integration with Canberra, at a pace and scale welcomed by Pacific Island countries.

SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Prime Minister Marape, welcome to 7.30. JAMES MARAPE, PNG PRIME MINISTER: Thank you. SARAH FERGUSON: PNG already has defence agreements with Australia. Why do you need to ...

Australia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea, marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation. Papua New Guinea is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra ...

Indonesia says it expects Australia and PNG to respect its "sovereignty and independence" after the two countries signed a defence treaty. The agreement has raised questions about what role Australia ...

When Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, addressed Australia’s Parliament on February 8, much was made of history. Some shared histories, like pitched World War II battles fought together ...