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 ...

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

The Indonesian government has responded to Australia and PNG's landmark defence treaty, saying it expects the two nations to ...

China has urged Papua New Guinea not to sign any deal that might exclude or restrict third parties from cooperating with the Pacific nation, as Australia scrambles to clinch a landmark defence treaty.

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 ...

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.

Canberra’s new military alliance with Papua New Guinea aims to build trust and capacity, but neighbours are watching closely.

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

A mutual defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea is being hailed as a major military win for both nations despite a false start in its signing.