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Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy

Less than four kilometres from Australia’s northernmost islands in the Torres Strait lies the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea. If you’ve ever heard anything about this borderland region – ...
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A defence treaty with PNG might seem like a ‘win’ for Australia. But there are 4 crucial questions to answer

Joanne Wallis receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian Department of Defence. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy ...

A defence treaty with PNG might seem like a ‘win’ for Australia. But there are 4 crucial questions to answer

Today, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles began negotiations with his Papua New Guinean counterpart, Billy Joseph, on a defence treaty. This builds on the bilateral security agreement signed ...