Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has told the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group that it's in a new era where it must confront major challenges.

People in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville have voted in an historic independence referendum.

Papua New Guinea's opposition leader says the government is being hypocritical for blaming the country's economic woes on the previous administration.

Papua New Guinea's Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato has been remanded in custody.

Australia will reportedly seek agreement from New Zealand to resettle hundreds of refugees detained in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged patience while negotiations over the contract for the Porgera gold mine continue.

The Australian Senate has repealed the medevac laws which eased the transfer of sick refugees from Nauru and Papua New Guinea to Australia.

A Papua New Guinea parliamentary committee has been uncovering extensive corruption in the country's public health sector.

Papua New Guinea tennis player Abigail Tere-Apisah is hoping to end a successful year on another high at the Australian Open Asia Pacific Wildcard tournament.

Regular polling has come to an end in Bougainville's independence referendum.

Papua New Guinea police are enforcing a 12 hour curfew in a Port Moresby settlement after a weekend ethnic clash, which led to the deaths of three men and resulted in 20 homes being burnt.

A major cut to the free education programme is one of the hallmarks of Papua New Guinea's new national budget.

The Australian Council for International Development has voiced concern over the country's $US300-million loan to Papua New Guinea.

The referendum in Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville region winds down.