SYDNEY, May 23 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) will not be used as a base for "war to be launched", and a defence agreement with the United States prohibited "offensive military operations", its ...

Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started holding annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost ...

Australia’s nearest neighbour and new ally Papua New Guinea will spend less than $100 per person on healthcare next year, ...

The Pukpuk defence pact, which includes mutual defence provisions obliging both Australia and PNG to defend each other “in the event of an armed attack”, was signed less than three weeks after a ...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard concluded a three-day trip to Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Saturday, after securing agreements for greater military and policing links between the two countries.

The Australian reported in its weekend edition that military strategists drew up detailed plans for the invasion of the island-states of Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) as part of the Labor government ...

The Defence Minister has played down concerns Australia’s newest military ally would sit out a potential conflict with Beijing. The Pukpuk defence pact, which includes mutual defence provisions ...