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Security, visas and rugby league: Anthony Albanese unveils recipe for refreshing PNG ties

Mr Albanese's visit is the first by an Australian PM to PNG in four years.

The New Daily

Australia, Papua New Guinea agree to finalise talks on bilateral security treaty

A joint statement from the Australian and PNG leaders flags that the two nations will expand training and explore possible joint exercises under the treaty.

ABC News

Australia and Papua New Guinea pledge new security pact saying interests are ‘intertwined’

In contrast with security deal between China and Solomon Islands, the Australia-PNG agreement will be ‘public and transparent’, prime ministers vow

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PM signs security treaty ‘commitment’ with PNG – as it happened

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Australia finalizing new security pact with Pacific neighbor

The leaders of Australia and neighboring Papua New Guinea say they are finalizing a new security treaty — a move that comes as a challenge to China’s growing assertiveness in the region

The Independent UK

Australia offers help with PNG prosperity

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told the Papua New Guinea parliament in a landmark address there are many opportunities to boost jobs and incomes.

AAP

Albanese wants PNG-based team in NRL

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a major speech to call for a Papua New Guinea-based, Pacific Islander team to be included in the National Rugby League.

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Australia needs to rethink Papua New Guinea aid. People need power and water, not governance workshops

You can’t enhance human development when 87% of the population does not have power and transport mainly consists of walking

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Pope Francis praises Pell’s ‘wisdom’, Albanese’s PNG mission, battle of the sun kings

In today’s newsletter: cathedral in Ballarat to hold mass for late cardinal, PM aims for new security deal in Port Moresby and billionaires fall out over solar farm

The Guardian - AU

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese keen to strengthen ties in first visit to Papua New Guinea

Anthony Albanese will touch down in Papua New Guinea's capital today; the first Australian prime minister to visit the country in more than four years.

ABC News

Australia PM to push defence ties on Papua New Guinea visit

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will urge Papua New Guinea to deepen defence ties in an address to its parliament on Thursday highlighting Australian investment, as China also seeks to boost influence with the resource-rich Pacific nation.

Reuters

Anthony Albanese to push ‘family-first’ security treaty in address to Papua New Guinea parliament

Australian PM to call for ‘a swift conclusion to negotiations’ to treaty and say both countries should ‘work as equals with our fellow Pacific states’

The Guardian - AU

PNG has 'appetite' for new defence deal

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will head to Papua New Guinea on Thursday, with counterpart James Marape showing he's ready for serious reform.

AAP

Security deal to dominate PM's PNG visit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Papua New Guinea, where sewing up a security deal could be a top-priority agenda item.

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Australia and Papua New Guinea to further defence treaty during Anthony Albanese's visit to Port Moresby

Anthony Albanese and PNG Prime Minister James Marape are expected to sign an agreement advancing a defence treaty between Canberra and Port Moresby, with Australia also to announce plans to open a visa processing office in the country.

Reuters

Australia's Albanese to visit Papua New Guinea to strengthen economic, security ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday he would travel to Papua New Guinea this week in a bid to boost bilateral ties and aid "friendship" in the Pacific region.

Al Jazeera

COVID vaccine hesitancy leads to child health concerns in PNG

Distrust of COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea linked to reduction in children receiving more general vaccinations.

AAP

Albanese to meet with PNG PM in January

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Papua New Guinea in the new year for talks with his counterpart James Marape in the capital Port Moresby.

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PNG singer Danielle Morgan makes history as 'really hard road' leads to major win

In a Port Moresby hotel, Papua New Guinean singer Danielle Morgan had tears streaming down her face as she made history as the first female winner of the region's largest music competition, Pacific Break.

The Guardian - AU

Papua New Guinea can’t afford Australia and US standoff with China, James Marape warns

PNG prime minister tells west ‘your enemy is not our enemy’ as he tries to steer clear of geopolitical struggle gripping the Pacific

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Leeds Rhinos signing Nene Macdonald excited for Rohan Smith and PNG reunion

The Rhinos have signed the centre on a a two-year deal from Super League rivals Leigh Leopards

ABC News

Manus Islander uni graduate calls on PNG women to chase dreams, challenge cultural norms

When Sophie Sindra Hepota, 37, boarded a plane from Papua New Guinea to Australia, she waved goodbye to her husband and young children for three years. Now she wants young women at home to chase their dreams and challenge traditional roles.

ABC News

Around half of Port Moresby’s population live in informal settlements. Thousands of them are facing homelessness

Housing affordability and availability is so dire in PNG's main centres, squatters build communities on vacant lots. But it means the residents live under the constant threat of eviction.

AAP

Jillaroos smash PNG to book WC final spot

Australia have obliterated Papua New Guinea 82-0 to book their place in the Rugby League World Cup final.

AAP

Harden only has eyes for Jillaroos victory

Tallisha Harden says she will not be taking it easy despite the Jillaroos facing a PNG side containing her partner Shellie Long in the World Cup semi-final.

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