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” ...

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

Australian PM Albanese fails to sign mutual defence pact a week after also failing to sign security deal with Vanuatu.

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

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.

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 ...

Anthony Albanese has been asked point blank if Australians are “willing to die defending another country” as he prepares to ink a historic mutual defence pact with Papua New Guinea.

Today marks 50 years since Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia. With its rugged, mountainous geography, over ...