UNBELIEVABLE: 22 | History Defined

NRL open to expansion in 2025, PNG a legitimate option

The NRL has given the greatest indication yet a Pasifika side based largely out of Papua New Guinea could be a legitimate expansion chance for 2025.

AAP · Mar 11, 2023

Murdered PNG official's secret deals raise questions over Australia's foreign assistance program

Fego Kiniafa was a top PNG businessman who workers called "The Chief". Last year he was brutally murdered and now an investigation has uncovered secret business deals that raise serious questions about who Australia chooses to partner with under its foreign assistance programs.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

How the 'second Amazon' became a battleground

It's called the 'second Amazon'. But like the Amazon, a pristine river system to Australia's north has become a battleground.

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

PM to work with PNG following hostage release

The government has offered its thanks to Papua New Guinea for securing the release of an Australian professor held hostage by armed criminals.

The New Daily · Feb 28, 2023

Professor freed from PNG criminals returns to Toowoomba

An archaeologist has returned to Australia after being released by armed criminals who were holding him and three others hostage in a remote part of Papua New Guinea.

The New Daily · Feb 27, 2023

Archaeologist freed after ‘covert’ rescue mission in Papua New Guinea to return to Australia

Three hostages spent more than a week in captivity before being released

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Professor freed from PNG criminals returns to Australia

Archaeologist Professor Bryce Barker has returned to Australia after being released by criminals who took him and three others hostage in Papua New Guinea.

AAP · Feb 27, 2023

PNG police hunt for kidnappers who took archaeology research group hostage, as Australian professor flies home

Police in Papua New Guinea say there is "unfinished business" in their pursuit of the criminal gang who took an Australian archaeologist and three local women hostage in the country's highlands.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Papua New Guinea hostage taking a ‘spur of the moment decision’

Gang who captured Prof Bryce Barker and his research team wanted compensation after two members shot at logging site

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2023

Australian professor and two other hostages freed in Papua New Guinea after a week

A group of archaeology researchers, including the Australian professor, were taken hostage in Papua New Guinea by a gang demanding cash ransom

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023