Australia and neighbouring Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a bilateral security agreement that will provide the Pacific state with more assistance for its police and support for its legal system.

The new deal cements Australia’s role in Papua New Guinea’s policing, judiciary and defense. Australia has pledged 200 million Australian dollars ($130 million) to support the initiatives ...

The movement of these early aboriginals to the Land Down Under—which, 65,000 years ago, was actually a landmass known as Sahul that contained both Australia and New Guinea—is described by two ...

Following Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s May 2025 re-election, Australia is advancing a historic defence treaty with Papua New Guinea. Rooted in shared history and strategic urgency amid ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea will on Thursday announce they are beginning negotiations on a defence treaty, in a move that could have major implications for national security and the Pacific's ...