Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a sporting deal accompanied by a strategic and confidential security pact that is designed to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific.

The federal government is putting $600 million towards a PNG team over 10 years. It will enter the ... Australia as its primary policing and security partner and not breaking "strategic trust".

Australia has pledged $600 million to allow a PNG team to enter its NRL competition. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS) China’s ...

Creating the team is a rare foreign policy opportunity for public and political diplomacy, as well as improved national stability, justifying its admittedly hefty $600 million, 10-year cost to the ...

Australia has struck a deal with the Pacific country that will see the NRL feature a PNG side from 2028, but it comes with a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will provide Papua New Guinea (PNG) A$600 million ($382.80 million) over 10 years to support its team’s entry to the National Rugby League, a deal both countries said ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea unveil a long-awaited deal handing PNG its own NRL team, confirming the league's most ambitious expansion since formation, and notching what the federal government is ...

Australian government sources have previously said the deal is linked to a security arrangement that would stop Beijing from gaining a significant police or military presence in PNG. Papua New ...

on infrastructure and military training in Papua New Guinea over 10 years under a defense deal signed between the two nations in 2023, PNG’s foreign minister has said. No figure putting a value on the ...

China’s potential to influence security arrangements in Papua New Guinea has been sidelined with a 10-year deal to launch an NRL team in Port Moresby. The federal government is putting $600 million ...