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Willie Peters celebrates Super League premiership success.

‘Deserves a chance at the big time’: Willie Peters wins race to coach PNG Chiefs

Willie Peters has been described as the ideal fit after being chosen as the PNG Chiefs’ inaugural coach – and the expansion franchise has also secured a recruitment manager.

  • Adrian Proszenko

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Efforts are under way to refloat the Coral Adventurer.

Cruise ship grounds off PNG, passengers to fly home

The vessel is the same one involved in a previous mishap in which an elderly passenger was found dead after being left behind on Lizard Island.

  • Lloyd Jones
Jamie Kakon was described as having been the hope of his family.

PNG teen killed in minibus crash was ‘the hope for his entire family’

Jamie Kakon, 17, was killed along with three others when a minibus veered off a remote road in northern Victoria this week.

  • Melissa Cunningham and Isabel McMillan
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The 20 countries to put on your travel list for 2026

Find new charm in the familiar, or forge a fresh trail. Here are the under-the-radar nations and re-emerging classics set to define travel in 2026.

  • Ute Junker
Carbon dioxide seeping from a remote Papua New Guinea reef has given scientists an insight into ocean acidification.

How a beautiful curtain of bubbles led to a bleak undersea discovery

A carbon dioxide seep on a reef in Papua New Guinea is being used as a time machine to see into the future of the world’s coral.

  • Nick O'Malley
Jayden Campbell has been backed as the Titans’ long-term halfback.

Why is a great’s son destined to thrive in new role? His dad says so

The hunt for a Gold Coast star’s halves partner is on, following revelations a potential successor will switch back to rugby union.

  • Nick Wright
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In 1975, Clive Lloyd led the West Indies cricket team to Papua New Guinea to play two matches against the national side, to celebrate PNG independence.

A young Viv, a feast, a six into the sea: The Windies tour that cricket forgot

Clive Lloyd’s West Indies were about to be kings. A stopover in Papua New Guinea on the way to Australia showed they were leaders, too.

  • Peter Hanlon
Prime ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape sign the Pukpuk treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Neighbours Albanese and Marape build a fence – but not to keep China out

Australia has signed its first formal alliance in more than 70 years – with its nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea.

  • Shane Wright
Papua New Guinea

Fancy an island break without a long-haul flight? These five destinations tick the box

These lesser-known holiday spots are all within three hours of Australia.

  • Craig Tansley
The AUKUS stand-off is an embarrassment for both Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump.

Albanese faces high-stakes Trump talks after PNG treaty setback

The prime minister is being urged to lobby the US president to step up efforts to counter China’s influence in the Pacific after a historic defence treaty with PNG faltered.

  • Matthew Knott, Nick Newling and Lisa Visentin