On the second day of Garma Festival, Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasised the strategic importance of ties between First Nations peoples and Australia's Pacific neighbours.

On the second day of Garma Festival, Foreign Minister Penny Wong emphasised the strategic importance of ties between First Nations peoples and Australia's Pacific neighbours.

Urgent repairs to address a pending water crisis in Papua New Guinea's capital are being delayed after traditional landowners set up a blockade. 

Taiwan suspends some liquefied natural gas purchases from Papua New Guinea as part of an escalating diplomatic dispute over the future of its representative office in Port Moresby.

South Australia's Pacific Island community has come together to say goodbye to the largest display of Melanesian artefacts in the Southern Hemisphere.

Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea's collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage.

Twenty-seven people including families with young children went missing after two boats capsized in rough seas in Papua New Guinea's north-east on Saturday.

Papua New Guinea prepares new laws to criminalise the malicious use of artificial intelligence, including deepfakes, voice cloning and digital impersonation.

Papua New Guinea prepares new laws to criminalise the malicious use of artificial intelligence, including deepfakes, voice cloning and digital impersonation.

Papua New Guinea will close Taiwan's trade mission in the country, freezing out its fifth largest trading partner in a major strategic move designed to reaffirm ties with China.

Papua New Guinea will close Taiwan's trade mission in the country, freezing out its fifth largest trading partner in a major strategic move designed to reaffirm ties with China.

Two masterminds behind a 2020 plot to bring $80 million worth of cocaine into Australia were sentenced in Victoria’s County Court, five years after a failed drug trafficking flight.

In a contest for Pacific influence against China, Australia's football diplomacy comes with risks and rewards.

In a contest for Pacific influence against China, Australia's football diplomacy comes with risks and rewards.

Every press conference, reel and podcast is now a chance for politicians to connect with voters. Yet the strategy that broadens an MP's reach can also amplify their biggest mistakes.

This week, perhaps for the first time in a long time, some sections of the Pacific are signalling a slight adjustment to their relationship with China.  

This week, perhaps for the first time in a long time, some sections of the Pacific are signalling a slight adjustment to their relationship with China.  

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale says there is «growing consensus» in support of his proposal for a Pacific-wide security agreement.

Australia's largest chicken meat buyer, Papua New Guinea, has reversed its decision to suspend Australian poultry and egg imports due to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

Australia's largest chicken meat buyer, Papua New Guinea, suspends Australian poultry and egg imports due to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, even though Australian authorities say there is no evidence the virus has spread.

A decades-old pipeline supplying water to nearly 1 million people in Papua New Guinea's capital is at risk of collapsing without urgent repairs, threatening to cut off more than half of the city's water supply.

A decades-old pipeline supplying water to nearly 1 million people in Papua New Guinea's capital is at risk of collapsing without urgent repairs, threatening to cut off more than half of the city's water supply.

A decades-old pipeline supplying water to nearly 1 million people in Papua New Guinea's capital is at risk of collapsing without urgent repairs, threatening to cut off more than half of the city's water supply.

Solomon Islands's new prime minister raises the idea of a Pacific-wide security treaty while meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this month. 

Residents are concerned about access to food and fresh water as pumice makes travel difficult for Papua New Guinea's seafaring communities.

Manly shows faith in Kieran Foran by appointing the ex-NRL star as its head coach through to the end of the 2029 season.

A team of doctors involved in the separation of conjoined Papua New Guinean twins Sawong and Tom have spoken for the first time about the rare and complex case.

A team of doctors involved in the separation of conjoined Papua New Guinean twins Sawong and Tom have spoken for the first time about the rare and complex case.

A team of doctors involved in the separation of conjoined Papua New Guinean twins Sawong and Tom have spoken for the first time about the rare and complex case.

Tuvalu is building new land to hold back rising sea levels, but the majority of its people are applying to relocate to Australia. As they do, many are confronting a disturbing question. 

Tuvalu is building new land to hold back rising sea levels, but the majority of its people are applying to relocate to Australia. As they do, many are confronting a disturbing question. 

Tuvalu is building new land to hold back rising sea levels, but the majority of its people are applying to relocate to Australia. As they do, many are confronting a disturbing question. 

The Titan Ridge Volcano is erupting in the Bismarck Sea, sending ash and smoke into the sky and prompting authorities to warn of possible tsunamis in the area.

Kennedy Masis filmed the eruption of a volcano in PNG's Bismarck Sea after seeing it while fishing for tuna.

The world's most invasive mosquito has previously been found at borders, islands, and ports, but has just been discovered in a remote mainland Queensland community.