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UN weather agency warns El Niño to impact Pacific forecast for the next six months
The World Meteorological Organisation has predicted intensifying El Niño climate...
Andrew Mathieson 12 Sep 2026
Johnston gracious but 'no thanks' to Jenkins idea
Alex Johnston may have smashed Ken Irvine's long-standing tries record this year...
Margie McDonald (AAP) 11 Sep 2026
Papua New Guinea Language Week: A journey from Port Moresby to Auckland
Professor Guy Fiti Sinclair's lifelong connection to learning, Pacific cultures...
Giovanni Torre 9 Sep 2026
West Papua National Liberation Army soldiers killed in gunfire with Indonesian forces
Note: This report includes an image some readers may find distressing. Indonesia...
Andrew Mathieson 9 Sep 2026
Santos to increase stake in huge $20b PNG gas project
Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer will pay hundreds of millions to...
Derek Rose (AAP) 9 Sep 2026
PNG parliament delays vote for Bougainville independence

Members of Papua New Guinea's parliament have delayed the Prime Minister's Sunday voting deadline on Bougainville's independence. On the brink of statehood, the verdict on the autonomous region's futu...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 31, 2026
Organised Crime and Corruption inquiry finds Bougainville's president accepted gift before signing mine deal

A probe into Bougainville's President has found Ishmael Toroama accepted an offer from an Indian company to cover the cost of his wife's life-saving kidney surgery before signing a lucrative mining de...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 31, 2026
PNG to consider Bougainville's bid for independence

Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville has moved a step closer ‌to possible independence as the Pacific nation's parliament prepared ‌to consider the results of a non-binding r...

West Papua National Committee stands against Indonesia's registration of internally-displaced Papuans

A proposal from the Indonesian government to conduct a new registration of internally-displaced Papuans across their conflict-affected territory has been condemned by the West Papua National Committee...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 27, 2026
West Papuan demonstrations met with violent response from Indonesian police

Police have been accused of instigating violent clashes with anguished West Papuan demonstrators over marking a dark day of their homeland's incorporation into Indonesian sovereignty.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 19, 2026
Papua New Guineans to start serving in Aussie defence

Papua New Guineans will begin serving in Australia's defence force over the next year, with recruitment ramped up to "thousands" over the next decade.

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Ben McKay (AAP) Aug 17, 2026
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has jolted Papua New Guinea's north coast. The quake struck at 8.59pm AEST, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences reported.

The New York Agreement 64 years on - West Papuans 'still oppressed'

Saturday will mark 64 years since the New York Agreement, which saw the West Papuan people "betrayed by the international community", the Australia West Papua Association noted this week.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 13, 2026
Indonesian security forces hunt for West Papuan militants who killed workers accused of spying for Jakarta

Indonesia's security forces have launched an operation to pursue a splinter group of independence fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army that killed road construction workers in the ter...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 10, 2026
Separatists claim responsibility for killing Papuans accused of acting on behalf of Indonesian forces

West Papuan independence separatists killed three Indigenous Papuans depicted in an execution-style video that has gone viral on social media across the occupied territory as a warning to "traitors" t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 6, 2026
Malind-Anim Indigenous people in court to defend ancestral forests

The Malind-Anim Indigenous community are mounting a legal challenge to protect West Papuan ancestral forests from a planned commercial development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Aug 5, 2026
Titans won't let 'vultures' get to Bai early

Gold Coast are confident they can keep Papua New Guinea international Cooper Bai long-term and have no intention of giving "the vultures" a leg up.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Jul 24, 2026
Cash injection promises Pacific region boost to develop rugby league beyond PNG Chiefs

Rugby league is continuing to gain further ground throughout the Pacific following the Australian government announcing a $600 million commitment over the next decade in the region.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jul 23, 2026
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