Images of Xi Jinping’s envoy meeting with Papua New Guinea’s PM have raised fresh questions about Anthony Albanese’s failure ...

Returning home without a PNG defence treaty would be another blow for Albanese after Vanuatu shelved plans to sign a security ...

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has asked Australian media to “give respect to China” while denying Beijing had “any hand” ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face “emerging threats” to their security, a new defence treaty seen by the AFP news agency says.

Plans for Australia and PNG to sign a landmark defence treaty that would exclude China have failed to eventuate amid ...

The prime minister is being urged to lobby the US president to step up efforts to counter China’s influence in the Pacific ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has failed to secure the highly-anticipated defence treaty between Australia and Papua New ...

China has warned Papua New Guinea and other Pacific Island nations not to sign up to security deals which ‘target any third ...

The postponement was Canberra’s latest stumble as it seeks to counterbalance Beijing’s expanding presence and clout in the ...

Australia has offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea will be legally obliged to defend each other from a military attack on either territory under a landmark defence treaty, the ABC can reveal.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles defends Australia's spending on defence as a percentage of GDP amid pressure for it to be lifted. Follow live.