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Why the NRL's expansion into Papua New Guinea is the most ambitious and complex move in rugby league history
1 week, 5 days ago

Why the NRL's expansion into Papua New Guinea is the most ambitious and complex move in rugby league history

ABC  

There has been plenty of smoke around Papua New Guinea's entry to the NRL, but that didn't make it any less striking as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, PNG Prime Minister James Marape and NRL boss Peter V'landys confirmed there would be fire to go with it. PNG team to enter NRL under long-awaited deal with Australia Photo shows A man …

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Marape’s State Visit Puts Australia-Papua New Guinea Bonhomie on Display
9 months ago

Marape’s State Visit Puts Australia-Papua New Guinea Bonhomie on Display

The Diplomat  

When Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, addressed Australia’s Parliament on February 8, much was made of history. While there was much nostalgia, the occasion and the three speeches delivered by Marape, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, were carefully crafted to send signals to far-flung audiences from Australia to Papua New Guinea and …

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At least 49 people have been killed in the largest PNG Highlands 'massacre' in recent history. Here's what we know
10 months ago

At least 49 people have been killed in the largest PNG Highlands 'massacre' in recent history. Here's what we know

ABC  

Dozens of people have been killed in a clash between tribes in Papua New Guinea's Highlands that's been described as an "ambush". "A lot of people have been killed, the biggest number killed in a massacre in a very long time," said Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Acting Superintendent George Kakas. At least 26 killed in massacre in PNG highlands …

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Bougainville’s President Toroama Goes to Washington
1 year ago

Bougainville’s President Toroama Goes to Washington

The Diplomat  

While almost all of the Pacific’s leaders traveled to Aitutaki, Cook Islands, for the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting from November 6-10, one regional leader traveled in a different direction. President Ishmael Toroama, who represents the Autonomous Region of Bougainville within Papua New Guinea, traveled to Washington, D.C. As Pacific leaders tackled numerous high-stakes issues in Aitutaki, one of …

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Asia Cup 2023: Nepal's ODI journey in numbers — Top run-scorer, wicket-taker, highest total and more
1 year, 3 months ago

Asia Cup 2023: Nepal's ODI journey in numbers — Top run-scorer, wicket-taker, highest total and more

Firstpost  

Ahead of their Asia Cup group match against India, let’s take a look at Nepal’s performance in ODIs statistically. They haven’t qualified for a major ICC tournament so far, but made it to the 2023 Asia Cup, having beaten the United Arab Emirates earlier this year to do so. While the Nepal men’s cricket team do not have a long …

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End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?
1 year, 5 months ago

End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?

The Diplomat  

The Australian government was expected to begin the process of removing all remaining asylum seekers from the island of Nauru by the end of June, more than a decade after the offshore processing on the tiny Pacific Island was restarted. As Human Rights Watch noted, “few other countries go to such lengths to deliberately inflict suffering on people seeking safety …

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Can Papua New Guinea women's team make history and be the first pacific island nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup?
1 year, 10 months ago

Can Papua New Guinea women's team make history and be the first pacific island nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup?

ABC  

Former Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle might have plunged New Zealand into a state of national emergency but the resilient Papua New Guinea women's football team were out there training for a historic match the next morning as they made their final preparations to face Panama in their FIFA World Cup qualifier this weekend. Prior has learnt from the players some of …

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Australia and Papua New Guinea's future relationship evolving from shared colonial past
1 year, 11 months ago

Australia and Papua New Guinea's future relationship evolving from shared colonial past

ABC  

Anthony Albanese has become the first foreign government leader to address Papua New Guinea's parliament during a visit to strengthen ties between the two neighbours. "This time 50 years ago, it was a Labor-Pangu combination that set the way for Papua New Guinea to march to its independence in 1975," he said, labelling Australia PNG's "number one" foreign relation. "Australia …

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Battling COVID-19 and a tuberculosis diagnosis, Dika Toua is set to make history at the Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Battling COVID-19 and a tuberculosis diagnosis, Dika Toua is set to make history at the Tokyo Olympics

ABC  

One morning in 2013, Papua New Guinean weightlifter Dika Toua threw up blood. "Being recognised as the first woman to attend five Olympic Games, it's incredible because it brings back a lot of memories," she said. It will be the second time Toua sets a world record – when she was just 16, she became the first female weightlifter to …

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Papua New Guinea celebrates as Justin Olam scores first try of the NRL grand final
4 years, 1 month ago

Papua New Guinea celebrates as Justin Olam scores first try of the NRL grand final

ABC  

Rugby-mad Papua New Guinea has a new hero, Melbourne Storm player Justin Olam, who earned a spot in the history books by becoming just the fourth Papua New Guinean to be part of a winning NRL grand final team. "As the second Papua New Guinean to make it on the big stage, it was a truly big blessing for every …

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