PNG's Western partners might not want to share the bed with China but this is the current reality, and they should also be ...

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 ...

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".

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

after signing a security deal with Australia. Australia will provide Papua New Guinea, also referred to as PNG, 600 million Australian dollars ($382 million, or €363 million) over 10 years to ...

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 ...

Australia has pledged $600 million to allow a PNG team to enter its NRL competition. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS) China’s potential to influence security arrangements in Papua New Guinea has been sidelined ...

In return, PNG has entered an agreement designed to stop China gaining a security foothold in the Pacific ... any additional funding beyond the 10 years, and says it's confident that the franchise ...

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.