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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

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Australian professor freed from PNG hostage situation

An Australian-based professor and other hostages taken captive in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea have been freed.

AAP · Feb 26, 2023

Inside rescue mission to free Australian professor taken hostage by armed bandits in PNG jungle

An Australian archaeology professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues are released from captivity after more than a week of tense and traumatic negotiations, and a complex security operation involving police and defence personnel.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2023

'No guarantees' but PNG hopeful hostages will be freed

PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko says a cross-agency negotiating team is hopeful of securing the release of three hostages taken captive in his country.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023

Stern warning to PNG kidnappers after hostage released

Kidnappers have released one of four people taken hostage in remote Papua New Guinea, but an Australian professor remains captive.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023

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PNG hostage freed but Australian professor and two local researchers still held captive

Papua New Guinea police warn against circulation of fake news as negotiations continue with gunmen

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2023

Bottles of Coke, all-day games and child prodigies — how darts has taken Papua New Guinea by storm

After breaking free of cosy British pubs a long time ago, the sport of Darts has spread to the unlikeliest of locales — the South Pacific.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

PNG Prime Minister James Marape announces release of hostage but Australian remains captive

One of the Papua New Guinean women being held hostage in the country's highlands has been freed, but the Australian professor remains captive.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific

Disease surveillance by the WHO shows mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever are rising sharply.

Al Jazeera · Feb 22, 2023

Papua New Guinea’s draft media policy is an attempt to legitimise government control over journalists

Reporters need protection from violence and intimidation – not a law that makes it easier to sack them

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023

Hostage takers demand ransom in exchange for release of Australian professor kidnapped in PNG

The Australian professor was conducting a field study with three female researchers when a group of armed men abducted them, took them to a secret location and demanded money for their release.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

Lethal force on the table in PNG hostage situation

An Australian professor and three university students remain captive in remote Papua New Guinea after being taken hostage at gunpoint.

AAP · Feb 20, 2023

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AAP · Feb 20, 2023

Australian academic taken hostage at gunpoint in PNG

Armed men have taken an Australian archaeologist and university students hostage in Papua New Guinea and are demanding a ransom from the two governments.

ABC News · Feb 19, 2023

The female defence boss getting Papua New Guinea's planes back in the sky

Lieutenant-Colonel Nancy Wii broke all barriers in Papua New Guinea when she got promoted to commanding officer of the Air Transport Wing. Now she is getting PNG's military back in the skies as the region grapples with China's rising influence.

AAP · Feb 16, 2023

Australia, PNG on track to ink security deal

Australian and Papua New Guinea ministers are meeting to discuss security, increasing access to labour schemes and the NRL's expansion into the Pacific.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

How Papua New Guinea are preparing for historic shot at World Cup glory

Pacific island nation will qualify for first World Cup if they win two playoffs and manager Spencer Prior is not wasting a minute

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ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

Carbon credit schemes in Papua New Guinea raise fears of unfulfilled promises and ineffective projects

Australian businesses are trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions through carbon credit projects that promise to save rainforests. The reality on the ground is nothing like the glossy marketing.

AAP · Feb 7, 2023

Nine to pay $545k after defaming PNG minister

Nine will have to pay $545,000 to Papua New Guinea politician William Duma over a series of defamatory AFR articles that falsely accused him of corruption.

The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2023

Papua New Guinea is an amazing tourist destination – more Australians should visit

Despite being less than a two-hour flight from Australia, fewer than 80,000 people visited the country in 2019. Here’s why you should make the trip

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

PNG prepares to sign Defence Cooperation Agreement with US as it finalises security treaty with Australia

Papua New Guinea is preparing to sign a Defence Cooperation Agreement with the United States, as it also finalises a security treaty with Australia.

AAP · Jan 17, 2023

Australia looks for PNG health partnership

Australian MPs are in Papua New Guinea for a first-hand look at the health situation in the hopes of forming stronger partnerships with the northern neighbour.

ABC News · Jan 16, 2023

PNG a rising force in women's cricket as Lewas hone skills in Australia's Country Championships

They have overcome monsoon rains, a lack of facilities and an unfair share of domestic chores, but PNG women are still climbing the world Twenty20 rankings.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2023

Where does Australia's relationship with PNG go next? Less talk about China, more about our neighbour's own merits

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Papua New Guinea last week put the media spotlight on one of Australia’s most important international relationships.

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