Bougainville
Bougainville Referendum Charter signed in Port Moresby
The Bougainville Charter has been signed by the Papua New Guinea governor general Sir Bob Dadae to fast-track preparations for the Bougainville referendum in June 2019.
Push to improve profits for Bougainville cocoa growers
Artisan chocolate makers from Australia say they hope to improve the profits of cocoa growers by returning to next week's Bougainville chocolate festival.
Little support for renewed Bougainville mining says group
A spokesperson for a Bougainville group opposed to a resumption of mining says hardly anyone supports the plan.
More protests against resumption of mining on Bougainville
A group calling itself 'Bougainvilleans United Against Mining' has re-stated its opposition to a resumption of mining at Panguna. Audio
Bougainville group adamantly against renewed mining
A group calling itself 'Bougainvilleans United Against Mining' has re-stated its opposition to a resumption of mining at Panguna.
New Bougainville Minister to focus on Peace Agreement
The newly appointed PNG Minister of Bougainville Affairs says his focus is to ensure the Peace Agreement is properly implemented.
Bougainville and PNG called on to talk out issues
An Australian academic says both the Papua New Guinea and Bougainville governments should sit down and sort out concerns over funding. Audio
Bougainville and PNG govts called on to talk through issues
An Australian academic says both the PNG and Bougainville governments should sit down and sort out concerns over funding.
Bougainville's Momis pleas for PNG to pay up
The President of Bougainville says the autonomous Papua New Guinea region has never been paid the funding it's been promised.
Bougainville tells PNG to meet constitutional obligations
Bougainville has again called on the Papua New Guinea Government to meet its constitutional obligations and fund the autonomous region properly. Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 31 July 2017
PNG's political landscape remains fluid as crucial vote approaches; Attacks on Manus Island detainees intensify; Tonga Police root out 'bad cops'; Fiji MP calls for govt action over water crisis, and… Audio
Arawa hospital in Bougainville runs out of drugs
Arawa Hospital in Bougainville is the latest medical facility in Papua New Guinea to run out of drugs.
Problems challenge PNG elections in Bougainville
Papua New Guinea's electoral commissioner says 18 ballot boxes held back by the Tinputz people of Bougainville have been released.
Bougainville SML proposes mediated talks on Panguna
A Bougainville landowner group wants to reach a compromise with the autonomous government over re-opening the Panguna mine.
Miner RTG announces its Bougainville plans
The mining company RTG has informed the Australian sharemarket, the ASX, of its plan to link with a landowner group to re-open Bougainville's Panguna mine.
Bougainville govt's forthright support for BCL at Panguna
The Bougainville Government says it won't give way to a landowner group that says it will not allow Bougainville Copper Ltd, or BCL, to return to the troubled Panguna mine. Audio
Plea to Bougainvilleans to all work for common good
The President of Bougainville is calling on everyone in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region to work for the good of all.
Bougainville govt won't consider RTG for Panguna mine
The Bougainville Government says a company competing to mine the troubled Panguna mine is speculating, has no track record and no funds.
Bougainville's landowners ready to work with miner RTG
There's a call for the government in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville to work harder to tell the people what it is planning to do.
Bougainville landowners keen to see mining but not BCL
The head of a landowners group controlling the site of the Panguna mine in PNG's Bougainville says it is keen to see a resumption of mining but will always be opposed to the return of Bougainville…
