The June–July 2017 national elections in Papua New Guinea (PNG) were expected to reinforce Prime Minister O’Neill’s grip on power. Instead, the poll was most remarkable for its anti-O’Neill sentiment.

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have failed to protect the well-being of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers sent to Manus Island under Australia’s mandatory offshore processing policy.

The last time PNG enacted such a measure was in 2000. The Government also tried a gun amnesty in January, and sent troops and police to Hela Province in response to a rise in gun violence.

Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has rejected an application that would have seen food and water provided to 600 refugees and asylum seekers who’ve been without adequate provisions for seven days.

Although it recorded double-digit expansion during the boom years of 2010 to 2013, Papua New Guinea’s construction industry faces a challenging operating environment in 2017. Growth contracted in 2014 ...

In February 2017 PNG Power cut off electricity to a number of state customers, including the Parliament House, the national police headquarters and the Government House. The state-owned company said ...

It was forced to close one camp, on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, on October 31, but hundreds of refugees have refused to leave it for new, PNG-run transit centres.

On July 18, 2017, four years after signing the arrangement, now private citizen Kevin Rudd tweeted: "July 2013 Agreement with PNG was for 1year only.Refugees should've been resettled in Oz by ...

Such detailed information is required to unpack fully possible ‘cooking the books’ within the general chaos and mismanagement of PNG’s 2017 election. However, even at an aggregate level, statistical ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, ... In August, 2017, PNG launched its first-ever national trade policy, PNG Trade Policy 2017-2032.

The PNG Hunters could not replicate their fairytale result from a week ago, as the Penrith Panthers proved far too strong in the contest between the NSW and Queensland Cup Premiers, claiming the ...

It is for all of these reasons that a website launched this year, ‘PNG Speaks’, is so welcome. The website, a partnership between the National Museum and Art Gallery of Papua New Guinea, The ...