After a week in captivity in Papua New Guinea, Australian archaeologist Professor Bryce Barker and his PNG colleagues Teppsy Beni and Jemina Haro have been freed.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

A Papua New Guinean woman who was held hostage with an Australian professor in the country's highlands has been set free.

The popular sport of darts has evolved in Papua New Guinea's culture in some colourful and surprising ways.

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.

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

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. 

An Australian professor and three colleagues are believed to have been taken hostage in a remote area of Papua New Guinea.

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.

Police say they will use lethal force if necessary to secure the release of the group, which was taken hostage in a remote area of Papua New Guinea while conducting a field study.

PNG's prime minister, James Marape, says police and the army are on stand-by but the government hopes the group behind the hostage-taking releases the Australian professor, a PNG program coordinator and two University of PNG graduates.

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.

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.

Papua New Guinea's women's football team has beaten the odds over and over again, but it will have to do it one last time to reach the FIFA World Cup for the first time, writes Ali Almond.

Papua New Guinea's women's football team has beaten the odds over and over again, but it will have to do it one last time to reach the FIFA World Cup for the first time, writes Ali Almond.

Papua New Guinea's women's football team has beaten the odds over and over again, but it will have to do it one last time to reach the FIFA World Cup for the first time, writes Ali Almond.

Under a proposed, two-stage process thousand of workers and their families from across the Pacific will be offered a path to permanent residency under a visa scheme the government hopes to have running by midyear.

Under a proposed, two-stage process thousand of workers and their families from across the Pacific will be offered a path to permanent residency under a visa scheme the government hopes to have running by midyear.

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.

A West Papuan separatist group is demanding Australia and New Zealand sever military ties with Indonesia after kidnapping a New Zealand pilot on Tuesday.

For a few months in 2022, a legal instrument underpinning Australia's offshore asylum seeker processing policy stopped working. Here's what happened, and why.

The Greens will introduce a bill proposing an end to offshore detention for remaining asylum seekers, without forcing Labor to compromise on its immigration policy.

More than six months on from PNG's 2022 poll, Transparency International says the administrative challenges to various seats are the worst they've ever seen in the country.

Traditional owners in the Torres Strait criticise border protection and fisheries authorities for what they say is a lack of follow-ups over reports of foreign fishing boats entering far north Queensland waters.

The mums of the PNG national women's cricket team tell their story in their own words.

They are returning to cricket weeks after giving birth, coping with separation from their children, and playing for their family's financial survival — meet the trailblazing mothers in PNG's national cricket team.

The move coincides with the Pacific nation's plan to finalise a treaty with Australia amid China's growing military presence in the region.

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

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.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with Papua New Guinea's defence force, as he continues his historic tour of Australia's nearest neighbour. Nat Whiting reports.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese and PNG counterpart James Marape stopped short of clinching the treaty during the former's visit to PNG.