Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles defends the Pukpuk treaty with Australia’s “natural security partner” Papua New Guinea.

Australia will gain access to Papua New Guinea's (PNG) military facilities and troops under a key deal that will see the ...

Debate over the Pukpuk treaty has focused on China and whether Australia’s military might one day use Papua New Guinea’s ...

Analysis - The signing of the Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty marks a defining moment in the modern Pacific ...

The Government of Papua New Guinea today entered into the PukPuk Treaty with Australia, a landmark bilateral defence ...

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles has hosed down concerns that Papua New Guinea would sit out a potential conflict between Australia and China despite inking a landmark defence treaty.

PNG and Australia have agreed to “act to meet the common danger” in the event of armed conflict with the signing of the Pukpuk defence treaty ( SBS ). Australia's first new alliance in more than 70 ...

The relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea has officially been elevated to an alliance with the signing of the ...

Last week, Papua New Guinea approved a new treaty with Australia, the Pukpuk Treaty, under which the two countries commit to ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a defence pact, widely viewed as an attempt to strengthen regional security ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says there is a "high possibility" the country would not enter a conflict ...