Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have started holding annual defence ministers meetings to build trust and boost military cooperation, while PNG proposes building a 10km-wide demilitarised ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has laid the foundations of a security bloc with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia at the first trilateral meeting between the countries amid mounting pressures in the ...

SITTING in his office, and through a glass window, a man looks at the Unit’s runway contemplating the future of PNGDF’s Air ...

Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under a mutual ...

A defence deal to be signed this week could see Papua New Guineans serve in the Australian military - Copyright Government of Papua New Guinea/AFP Handout A defence ...

The Hon Dr Billy Joseph, MP Papua New Guinea Minister for DefenceThe Hon Richard Marles MP, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Port Moresby this week for an inaugural Trilateral Defence Ministers' ...

Papua New Guinea and Australia have marked the commencement of the construction of a new 200-person trainee accommodation ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea are set to integrate their defense forces under a new security pact, aiming to curb China's security influence in the region This photo shows the emblem of an Australian ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Papua New Guinea cabinet has approved a defence treaty with Australia, Prime Minister James Marape said on Thursday, as Canberra seeks to block China from expanding its security ...

This photo shows the emblem of an Australian Army soldier, left, and a Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier during an exercise at Talisman Sabre in Townsville, Australia, on July 21, 2025. (LCPL ...