It has been a tumultuous 24 hours for Australian reporting on the Pacific, following the explosive front-page headline in Fairfax media stating that Vanuatu and China were in preliminary discussions ...

The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have signed a deal that may bring the autonomous region's quest for ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) will not be used as a base for “war to be launched,” and a defense agreement with the US prohibits “offensive military operations,” its prime minister said yesterday. US ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Thursday during a visit to Papua New Guinea that the United States was not seeking a permanent base in the Pacific country but would boost the nation ...

US Navy forces return to PNG base after 80 years as Chinese military plots to expand The US Navy has made a strategic call for the first time in decades in a bid to counter the Chinese military ...

Defence Minister Christopher Pyne has argued Australia's involvement in upgrading a PNG naval base should not be viewed as an attempt to curb the rise of China.

As the conversation around an NRL team for PNG heats up again, there are a lot of questions and some lessons from the past to remember, writes Ali Almond.

Indonesia is eyeing nervously plans by Australia and the US to upgrade Papua New Guinea’s Lombrum Naval Base, a key US staging post during World War II, with policymakers warning it could ...

The proposal to reopen Australia’s post-World War II naval and air base is another indication of rapidly escalating geo-strategic tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.

The security treaty signed last week is the logical next step in the two countries’ relationship. But Australia’s interests in PNG should remain broad-based.

Plans to host US warships at a redeveloped naval base on Manus Island will undermine China's plans to establish a military presence in the Pacific, says one analyst. Scott Morrison says PNG asked ...