Australian authorities make arrests across the country as PNG police seize cocaine worth an estimated $80 million following the crash of a drug smuggling plane this week.

Australian authorities make arrests across the country as PNG police seize more than 500 kilograms of cocaine following the crash of a drug smuggling plane this week.

PNG's recent outbreak started at a lab responsible for identifying COVID-19 cases at the country's biggest hospital. But there is still a mystery over how the first case contracted the virus.

PNG's recent outbreak started at a lab responsible for identifying COVID-19 cases at the country's biggest hospital. But there is still a mystery over how the first case contracted the virus.

An Australian man is detained in Papua New Guinea amid an ongoing investigation into a plane crash, which police suggest may be linked to drug trafficking.

A mayor in Far North Queensland says she is concerned about COVID-19 entering Australia from nearby Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea has recorded its biggest daily spike of coronavirus cases, with another eight people diagnosed in Port Moresby, and there are fears the country's weak health system could become overwhelmed.

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre briefly issues a warning for «hazardous tsunami waves» in coastal regions within 300 kilometres of Wau in Papua New Guinea after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck the region, but later reveals the damage has passed.

Before he settled on Green Island, George Craig picked bananas in Jamaica, swam with Tarzan and hunted crocs in PNG — and that was only the first half of his extraordinary life.

Australia's head vet says the coronavirus pandemic is helping keep a pig-killing virus out, but it has wreaked havoc on containment efforts in neighbouring and developing nations.

Jenelyn Kennedy's battered body arrived at Port Moresby hospital after what authorities believe were days of torture and abuse by her partner. But the death of this teenager could mark a turning point for the women of PNG.

Jenelyn Kennedy's battered body arrived at Port Moresby hospital after what authorities believe were days of torture and abuse by her partner. But the death of this teenager could mark a turning point for the women of PNG.

Jenelyn Kennedy's battered body arrived at Port Moresby hospital after what authorities believe were days of torture and abuse by her partner. But the death of this teenager could mark a turning point for the women of PNG.

Papua New Guinea has recorded just 10 cases of COVID-19, but fear of a major outbreak and potential healthcare disaster means some pregnant women have lost their babies while desperately seeking treatment.

Despite Papua New Guinea's low infection rate, there are concerns that COVID-19 is puting pregnant women at risk.

Papua New Guinea has recorded just nine cases of COVID-19, but fear of a major outbreak and potential healthcare disaster means some pregnant women have lost their babies while desperately seeking treatment.

For much of the world, anti-viral drugs mean that HIV is no longer a death sentence. But for those in Papua New Guinea, the virus is mutating and becoming resistant to medication.

For much of the world, anti-viral drugs mean that HIV is no longer a death sentence. But for those in Papua New Guinea, the virus is mutating and becoming resistant to medication.

The world is marvelling at New Zealand's ability to eliminate coronavirus, but eight other countries achieved the same feat earlier.

The world is marvelling at New Zealand's ability to eliminate coronavirus, but eight other countries achieved the same feat earlier.

The world is marvelling at New Zealand's ability to eliminate coronavirus, but eight other countries achieved the same feat earlier.

To highlight PNG's domestic violence problem, international rugby player and boxer Debbie Kaore, who teaches women techniques on how to defend themselves, releases footage online of her then-partner beating her.

The Australian Government and security company G4S settle a lawsuit brought by a former guard on Manus Island, who claims to have suffered a psychiatric injury during the riots in which asylum seeker Reza Barati was killed six years ago.

The spread of COVID-19 will «dwarf» Australia's aid resources and force a rethink of how to help and maintain a strategic presence in the region, according to a new government strategy.

Convicted murderer Mark Basa has won an appeal against his deportation to PNG, the Federal Court citing fears he'd die from ill health if returned.

Australian television shows like The Voice, Border Security and Neighbours will be broadcast in the Pacific under a $17.1 million soft-power push against Chinese media influence in the region, but critics say local voices should be the priority.

Peter O'Neill is charged with misappropriation, official corruption and abuse of office after flying back to Port Moresby from Brisbane where he had been stranded because of coronavirus restrictions.

Peter O'Neill is arrested by police at Jackson's International Airport in Port Moresby after flying back from Brisbane where he had been stranded because of coronavirus restrictions.

Fiji's Government is pushing hard for Australian and New Zealand tourists to return «as soon as possible» under the «travel bubble» the two countries are planning. So what could this mean for Australian travellers?

Melbourne researchers say they're a step closer to an effective malaria vaccine in a new study, with scientists hoping a similar strategy could be deployed in the race for a coronavirus vaccine.

This is the story that Indonesia doesn't want the world to know. It even cut the internet for an entire region at the height of a dramatic escalation in violence.

This Australian doctor is closely watching the situation in PNG — her husband and son are at home there. The Pacific nation was already fighting infectious diseases before coronavirus — and she warns that one epidemic doesn't stop because another comes along.