The security agreement was committed to in January but PNG is not happy with the proposed wording and has raised concerns with Australia's defence minister.
The US has signed a defence pact with Papua New Guinea, in a move intended to curb China's influence in the region.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signs a Defence Cooperation Agreement between the United States and PNG, a leaked draft of which suggests it might open the door to a substantial US military presence in the country, as well as potentially offering American personnel in PNG some protection from prosecution.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has signed a defence pact with Papua New Guinea.
The pact was sealed as Pacific leaders also met with India's Prime Minister in a clear sign New Dehli also wants to ramp up influence in the region.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are preparing to meet with Pacific Island leaders.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will sit down with Pacific representatives where Mr Blinken is expected to sign a new defence pact.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Port Moresby to host the third Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC), which brings together leaders and top officials from New Delhi and 14 Pacific Island nations.
The US Secretary of State will meet PNG Prime Minister James Marape, as Mr Biden stays home to battle with the US debt crisis.
James Marape takes a call from US President Joe Biden mid press conference and confirms US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would be coming to Port Moresby instead of the president, who cancelled his trip.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese might be disappointed that he won't get to host his Sydney summit, but he knows that Australia would also pay if America defaults on its debts, writes Carrington Clarke.
Tribal fighting has long been a persistent and devastating part of life in the PNG highlands – but the introduction of high-powered weapons, money and politics has taken things to a destructive new level. ABC presenter Hilda Wayne visited the highlands to speak to those affected.
The Australian-born politician faced intense backlash after labelling critics of his daughter's lavish lifestyle as «primitive animals».
PNG foreign minister faced widespread calls to resign after he called critics of a video, made during a taxpayer-funded trip to the coronation of King Charles III and posted on social media by his daughter, «primitive animals» and «useless individuals».
Prime Minister James Marape asks the people of Papua New Guinea to «forgive» the country's foreign minister after his apology for his «primitive animals» comments.
Calls for Papua New Guinea's foreign minister to be sacked — and have his citizenship stripped — over «racist» and «derogatory» comments are intensifying ahead of US President Joe Biden's historic visit to the country.
Calls for Papua New Guinea's foreign minister to be sacked — and have his citizenship stripped — over «racist» and «derogatory» comments are intensifying ahead of US President Joe Biden's historic visit to the country.
Savannah Tkachenko flaunts extravagant meals in first class airport lounges and «elite» shopping experiences at luxury brands in the video showing what she got up to on the taxpayer-funded trip to London to attend the coronation of King Charles III.
A blockade of the Kokoda track, set up by angry trekking operator workers over a permit dispute, has been torn down but many feel the damage of the protest remains.
A blockade of the Kokoda Track by landowners and trekking company workers has been cleared after protesters were moved on by police last night.
Tribal fighting is a traditional part of life in Papua New Guinea's highlands, but the introduction of high-powered weapons, money and politics has drastically changed things.
The Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea is blockaded by trekking operator Adventure Kokoda whose license was cancelled last week by the track's managing authority.
A major route into the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea's Central Province appears to be blockaded, amid a feud between a trekking operator and the track's managing authority.
Senior Papua New Guinea climate change officials are facing criminal action, after allegedly misappropriating more than $2m of public and international funds.
Adventure Kokoda's trekking licence has been cancelled by the Kokoda Initiative Committee for allegedly failing to pay fees, a week after a man died while on one of the company's walks.
On his way to Australia for the Quad meeting in Sydney next month, United States President Joe Biden could make a historic visit to Port Moresby as the US intensifies its diplomatic push across the Pacific.
The US Army Small Ships Section was a lesser-known band of civilians who played a crucial role delivering supplies to troops fighting in the Pacific during WWII.
A service to remember the prisoners of war who perished in Australia's worst maritime disaster has taken on a special significance after the Montevideo Maru was found 81 years after it sank.
Almost 1,000 Australians died, when unaware US troops torpedoed the Japanese transport ship with POWs and civilians on board.
There are warnings that millions of children in the Pacific risk losing access to education due to natural disasters and emergencies.
A specialist team of deep-sea experts endured the effects of a tropical cyclone, conducted hours of painstaking research, but also had some extraordinarily good luck, before solving one of Australia's greatest naval mysteries; finding the final resting place of the sunken Montevideo Maru.
Paul Miller, who died during a fundraising walk along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, is being remembered as a much-loved veteran who was a mate to many.
When biocontrol is done well, it's the most powerful tool we have to control pests. Here are a few times that biocontrol has helped Australia's economy and environment.
El Niño has had a devastating impact on farmers in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, now they are preparing for the future, The Pacific program’s Evan Wasuka reports.
South Australian man Paul Miller, who died during a fundraising walk along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, is being remembered as a much-loved veteran and father who was a «mate to many».
