Senator Linda Reynolds's defamation case against her former staffer Brittany Higgins, and her lawyer's claim that the younger woman had sought a "villain" for her "fairytale" story were "harassing and re-traumatising", the WA Supreme court has heard. She said by April 1 Senator Reynolds had a "mountain of evidence" to show that a sexual assault had taken place, even though …
Cruising along the shared maritime border between Australia and Papua New Guinea in the Torres Strait, police and customs officers get a call. Detective Sergeant Kally Pamuan from the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Transnational Crimes Unit said the number of recent methamphetamine busts in the region was "very worrying". "These were two people smuggling drugs from here to Torres …
While offshore detention policy is being wound down, campaigners say ‘dark chapter’ will not end until last refugees leave PNG. The last refugee held on the Pacific island of Nauru under Australia’s notorious offshore detention policy has been evacuated to Australia, according to refugee advocacy groups. One chapter of misery is over.” Australia resumed sending refugees to Nauru in 2013 …
PM Modi 3-Nation Tour Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on the second leg of his three-nation tour, landed in Papua New Guinea on Sunday, following the successful completion of his visits to Japan’s Hiroshima for the G7 and Quad summits. Prime Minister Modi held bilateral talks with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on the sidelines of the G7 …
