Essays & reportage
14 September 2024
Our correspondent reacquaints himself with the PNG capital, a place getting a lot more attention these days
Books & arts
22 July 2024
PNG locals responded with ingenuity as Digicel fuelled a fast-expanding mobile market
International
27 January 2024
Political opportunism seems set to follow the looting in Port Moresby
International
1 March 2021
Michael Somare took up the vision for Papua New Guinean independence and ran with it
International
11 September 2020
Infections are low, but the factors that will help the virus to spread are already clear
International
16 July 2020
Are economic troubles edging Papua New Guinea closer to China?
Books & arts
17 June 2020
Books | Australia can’t afford to take its nearest neighbours for granted
International
5 June 2019
How much will change under new prime minister James Marape?
Essays & reportage
1 February 2019
Stalking a giant in Papua New Guinea’s ranges
National affairs
12 November 2017
The Howard government’s resolution of a similar crisis in 2005 points the way
National affairs
6 November 2017
Malcolm Turnbull could have responded in any of three ways to New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees. Either of the two alternatives he rejected would have been more just and…
International
13 December 2016
Elections across the Pacific this year largely defied the predictions of doomsayers
Essays & reportage
11 May 2016
Reopening the PNG detention centre attracted bipartisan support, writes Madeline Gleeson. So how did it go so wrong?
International
28 August 2015
With the Pacific Islands Forum meeting soon in Port Moresby, many island leaders are expressing frustration at Australia’s climate policies, writes Nic Maclellan
Essays & reportage
19 September 2014
Twenty years ago today, the bustling port town of Rabaul was all but destroyed in an eruption that was remarkable in more ways than one
National affairs
3 September 2013
The immigration department is months behind in answering questions from Senate estimate committees – questions that would provide vital information about the…
National affairs
5 September 2012
Savitri Taylor takes a close look at the asylum seeker agreements between Australia and Nauru and PNG
International
26 September 2011
It was the end of an era for Papua New Guinea when Sir Michael Somare retired at the end of June. Or did he? Hank Nelson looks at more months of tumult in PNG politics
International
28 January 2011
Hank Nelson on a festive season of politics in Papua New Guinea
Books & arts
4 December 2009
BOOKS | Interest in making the pilgrimage might be tapering off, but that gives us an opportunity to understand Kokoda in more complex ways, writes Hank Nelson