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Movers & Shakers: Changes at the top of BoM, ATO and Snowy Hydro
ATO names chief information officer, Gallagher grows government services advisory group, slew of new ambassadors, and more.
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Australia, Papua New Guinea to sign defense pact
SYDNEY — Australia said Thursday it will discuss a defense treaty with Papua New Guinea, boosting ties with a Pacific state that has been courted persistently by China. The historically close Pacific ...
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Australia and Papua New Guinea start negotiations on defence treaty
Formal negotiations for a bilateral defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea are underway. It's a move that ...
Save The Children: Urgent Investment Needed In Low-income Families, Particularly Sole Parent Households
Save the Children NZ currently supports international programmes in Fiji, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, Vanuatu, Solomon ...
A defence treaty with PNG might seem like a ‘win’ for Australia. But there are 4 crucial questions to answer
No Australian government has offered PNG a binding security guarantee in the past. The current government must address four ...
Australian government uses Nauru as a neo-colonial prison for immigration detainees
In return for an undisclosed sum of money, Nauru’s government has “agreed” to grant 30-year visas to an initial three victims ...
Australia, Papua New Guinea begin talks on full defence treaty
Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Thursday they would begin talks on a full defence treaty between the two countries.
New Zealand slips off least-corrupt podium
New Zealand has slipped to fourth place in the worldwide rankings of the country’s least corrupt countries, with the country ...