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Old lessons for a new Australia-PNG treaty

Australia has a long history of not only working with PNG on defense, but also of Papua New Guineans being an integral part ...

Australia, PNG ink historic war pact in Canberra

Despite grumblings in Beijing, Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape have inked a landmark ...

PNG treaty with Australia signed but questions linger over Darwin Port lease to China amid security fears

Papua New Guinea’s leader has declared a new military alliance with Australia is a “construct of peace and not of war” as he and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dodged questions about China following ...

PNG treaty could lure Australia’s military into a Bougainville crisis

The new Pukpuk defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea could result in Australian forces being asked to deploy to Bougainville if pro-independence violence flares in the territory, but ...

Having finally signed treaty, Australia must strengthen PNG defences

Recruitment in the region sits comfortably with the goal of security integration with Canberra, at a pace and scale welcomed ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles says history fuels Papua New Guinea Pukpuk treaty

History demonstrates that any attack on Papua New Guinea would always engage Australia’s national interest, Defence Minister ...
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With new PNG defence treaty, Australia is delivering on its rhetoric about trust at a critical time

Ian Kemish is chair of the Kokoda Track Foundation, which receives funding from the Australian government and a range of corporate sponsors in PNG and Australia. He served as Australian high ...