Papua New Guinea

Australia's Christmas Island is not equipped to provide adequate healthcare for sick refugees, the territory's shire council says.

A former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister says Australia may be unlawfully influencing the government through private security arrangements.

Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner says investigations are ongoing into officers who partook in a rampage through parliament last year.

The police manhunt for Papua New Guinea's most wanted criminal Tommy Baker continues in Milne Bay province.

There's more pressure from the Catholic Church on Papua New Guinea and Australian authorities regarding the plight of refugees on Manus Island.

A recount of votes from the 2017 election for the Chimbu provincial seat in Papua New Guinea has stalled because officials are being blocked from retrieving ballot boxes.

Refugees transferred from offshore detention for medical treatment will be taken to Christmas Island, Australia's senate has been told.

Papua New Guinea had no control of contracts awarded to controversial security company Paladin Solutions, the PNG immigration minister says.

The Australian government would be brought down if Manus Island service providers were investigated, an award-winning journalist says.

A recount of votes for the Chimbu Regional seat in Papua New Guinea is expected to get underway today in Goroka.

The PNG police commissioner says all allowances for security forces working at last year's APEC leaders summit have been paid.

Papua New Guinea is to take over the investigation into the fatal crash of an Air Niugini plane in Micronesia last year.

Papua New Guinea police have closed an investigation into the disappearance of five scientists in August 2011.

Notorious prison escapee Tommy Baker has been urged to hand himself in by Papua New Guinea's police chief.

Development of the proposed Western Pacific University in Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands province has made little progress.