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Papua foreign minister resigns role over coronation travel cost controversy

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko said he was resigning as minister on Friday amid a controversy over the cost and size of the country's delegation to the coronation of King Charles III in London.

Reuters

PNG’s Tkatchenko ‘stands aside’ after ‘primitive animals’ comment

Foreign minister had faced calls to go after comments made in response to daughter’s TikTok video of lavish London trip.

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Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside

PNG's Foreign Minister faced widespread calls to resign after he called critics of a video, made during a taxpayer-funded trip to the coronation of King Charles III and posted on social media by his daughter, "primitive animals" and "useless individuals".

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PNG minister apologises for calling daughter’s coronation critics ‘primitive animals’

Foreign minister Justin Tkatchencko’s daughter had been criticised for posting TikTok videos of her first-class trip to London for the king’s coronation

The Guardian - AU

PNG Prime Minister James Marape calls for nation to 'forgive' Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko over 'primitive animals' comments

Prime Minister James Marape asks the people of Papua New Guinea to "forgive" the country's foreign minister after his apology for his "primitive animals" comments.

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Opposition demands PNG foreign minister be sacked over 'primitive animals' comments while defending daughter

Calls for Papua New Guinea's foreign minister to be sacked — and have his citizenship stripped — over "racist" and "derogatory" comments are intensifying ahead of US President Joe Biden's historic visit to the country.

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US President Joe Biden to sign defence pact in Papua New Guinea, with eyes on China

Joe Biden will sign defence and surveillance agreements with PNG, on a visit that renews the strategic importance of the nation.

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Exclusive-Biden to sign defence pact in Papua New Guinea, with eyes on China

United States President Joe Biden will sign defence and surveillance agreements with Papua New Guinea, the island nation's foreign minister said, on a visit that renews the strategic importance of the nation where Biden's uncle died in World War Two.

Reuters

PNG foreign minister defends daughter Savannah Tkatchenko's Tik Tok video taken during coronation trip

Savannah Tkatchenko flaunts extravagant meals in first-class airport lounges and "elite" shopping experiences at luxury-brand stores in the video showing what she got up to on the taxpayer-funded trip to London to attend the coronation of King Charles III.

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Tribal fighting over PNG election leaves dozens dead and villages deserted

Tribal fighting is a traditional part of life in Papua New Guinea's highlands, but the introduction of high-powered weapons, money and politics has drastically changed things.

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Major route into the Kokoda track appears to have been blockaded amid tour operator feud

A major route into the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea's Central Province appears to be blockaded, amid a feud between a trekking operator and the track's managing authority.

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Joe Biden heading to Sydney summit via a stop in Port Moresby

Joe Biden and Narendra Modi will join the Pacific Summit in Sydney on May 24 after a whistle-stop visit to PNG

The New Daily

PNG climate change officials accused of skimming $2 million in public funds

Senior Papua New Guinea climate change officials are facing criminal action, after allegedly misappropriating more than $2m of public and international funds.

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Biden to make historic visit to Papua New Guinea next month - PNG officials

U.S. President Joe Biden will briefly visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) on May 22, officials from the Pacific island nation said on Thursday, as Washington seeks to counter growing Chinese influence in the strategically important region.

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US President Joe Biden to visit Papua New Guinea on his way to Australia

On his way to Australia for the Quad meeting in Sydney next month, United States President Joe Biden could make a historic visit to Port Moresby as the US intensifies its diplomatic push across the Pacific.

The New Daily

Australian man dies trekking on PNG’s Kokoda Track

A 48-year-old Australian man has died while trekking on Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track.

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Australian man dies trekking on PNG's Kokoda Track

An Australian man has died while trekking on Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track.

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'Bird poo' frog among five new species classified in Papua New Guinea

New Guinea has the most diverse array of tropical island frogs in the world and its mountains and forests are still revealing their secrets. Here are five newly classified species.

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Bank South Pacific customers in PNG told to repay money after glitch allows accounts to be overdrawn over Easter

A "technical issue" has allowed some customers with Papua New Guinea's largest bank to overdraw money from their accounts, while others have watched their bank balances drop.

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El Niño could arrive at a dangerous time for the Pacific. Here's how local farmers are preparing

As farmers in PNG recover from a long drought and rush to replant in Vanuatu after twin cyclones last month, a forecast El Niño weather pattern could hamper recovery efforts and threaten food supplies.

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We provided health care for children in immigration detention. This is what we found

Australia’s immigration policies allow for indefinite locked detention, including for children and families. Detention is mandatory for people arriving without a valid visa – all those who arrived by boat between 2009 and 2013 were held in Immigration Detention Centres in Australia, or in Australian-contracted detention in Nauru or Papua…

AAP

Aussies help PNG women get life-saving cancer treatment

Thousands of Papua New Guinean women will have access to cervical cancer screening under a program supported by an Australian philanthropist group.

The Guardian - AU

Five NSW men charged after methamphetamine worth $15m allegedly found on ‘black flight’ from PNG

Plane intercepted at airstrip in rural Queensland after police allege aircraft was flown under the radar with 52kg of meth on board

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Five men charged after 52kg of meth found on 'black flight' from PNG to Australia

Five men are charged after allegedly trying to fly 52kg of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea to Australia on a plane that couldn't be tracked on radars.

AAP

Five accused of PNG black flight meth importation

Authorities have arrested five men after a light plane on-route to NSW from Papua New Guinea was intercepted, allegedly loaded with methamphetamine.

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