Papua New Guinea and Australia didn’t sign a long anticipated Mutual Defence Treaty today. Instead, the prime ministers from both countries issued a last-minute communique, stating that the text had ...

A scheduling issue is one reason, but there are other factors that underscore why the defense treaty has yet to be signed. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Papua New Guinea (PNG) last ...

A crowd of 12,000 watched as a symbol of Papua New Guinea's emerging nationhood ran onto the rugby league field for the first time in Port Moresby. Clad in yellow jerseys crossed with red Vs, players ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face “emerging threats” to their security, a new defence treaty seen by the AFP news agency says.

Australia has failed to secure a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea (PNG) that would have seen their militaries commit to defending each other in the case of an armed attack. Australian Prime ...

A major defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea has failed to get over the line today, with the countries resorting to signing a communique in lieu of the actual document. Papua New ...

Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart James Marape were supposed to ink the Pukpuk Treaty on Wednesday, but the signing failed to go ahead after PNG’s national cabinet could not meet to green light ...

The much-anticipated Australia-Papua New Guinea Defence Treaty – now confirmed as the Pukpuk Treaty – was not signed today. Instead, prime ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape have issued a ...

Anthony Albanese insists Australia will seal a landmark defence treaty with Papua New Guinea as early as next month after being left red-faced on Wednesday when a planned signing ceremony failed to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia and Papua New Guinea are scrambling to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment by locking in a historic defence treaty before Prime ...

The Prime Minister was unable to say on Tuesday whether the treaty would be inked the following day as planned, while his PNG counterpart James Marape told local media on Monday evening that “we’re ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Anthony Albanese is being urged to lobby Donald Trump to step up efforts to counter China’s influence and stop key regional partnerships ...