Bougainville

The multi-national miner Rio Tinto says it has transferred its 53.8 per cent shareholding in Bougainville Copper Limited to an independent trustee.

The President of Bougainville John Momis says any decision on the lifting of the mining exploration moratorium is for his cabinet to make.

The chairman and managing director of Bougainville Copper Ltd, Peter Taylor, says the company remains committed to its vision of sustainable mining there.

A Bougainville women's MP says business activity is returning to the once troubled south and New Zealand Police should take some credit.

A Bougainville woman MP says there is a growing understanding in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of the role women can play in politics.

A Bougainville woman MP is confident the region will be ready to confront the issues posed by a vote on possible independence from Papua New Guinea.

A target date of 15 June 2019 has been set for the self-determination referendum in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville.

Reports from Papua New Guinea say the autonomous region of Bougainville is facing serious constraints because it has received no grants this year.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs has officially abandoned its plan to establish a diplomatic mission in Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville region.

The National Court in Buka, in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville, has dismissed an election challenge against a Member of Parliament who was voted in last June.

The president of Bougainville, John Momis, says the region's education sector is facing a huge problem because of chronic underfunding.

The president of the autonomous Bougainville government says he is still to hear from the Papua New Guinea prime minister after complaining about underfunding.