When Adrian Frick suffered an «unsurvivable» heart attack at just 52, a specialist cardiac service in Bundaberg pulled him back from the brink. Now the service itself needs saving.

Matildas star Mary Fowler's World Cup heroics have inspired the next generation of players at her old school in Cairns. But with more people taking up the sport, the challenge will be finding somewhere for them all to play.

Football fanatics from diverse backgrounds have found inspiration in Matildas players — including Mary Fowler and Sam Kerr, who are «rewriting the possibilities» for women of colour in sport.

Matildas star Mary Fowler's World Cup heroics have inspired the next generation of players at her old school in Cairns. But with more people taking up the sport, the challenge will be finding somewhere for them all to play.

Soccer fanatics from diverse backgrounds have found inspiration in Matildas players — including Mary Fowler and Sam Kerr, who are «rewriting the possibilities» for women of colour in sport.

The 23-year-old was killed in riots at the Australian government's offshore detention centre at Manus Island in 2014. 

The nation's two largest airlines have halted domestic operations after a foreign exchange dispute caused a nationwide fuel shortage.

The Papua New Guinea government is deeply concerned about ongoing fuel supply in the country, declaring a snap 30-day national emergency.

The Papua New Guinea government is deeply concerned about ongoing fuel supply in the country, after declaring a snap 30-day national emergency on Monday. Here's how we got here.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has welcomed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Port Moresby. Our PNG correspondent Tim Swanson explains the significance of the visit.

The United States says «the door is open» for New Zealand to join AUKUS, as three of the world's most influential leaders continue their tour of the Pacific region.   

The Army's Uncovered War Casualties team made the discovery of 15 Australian soldiers after a series of COVID-related delays.

The next step will be transporting the remains to their corresponding grave sites and trying to track down ancestors.

More than eight decades after Australian soldiers were transferred from temporary graves on the Kokoda Track to a wartime cemetery, a chance discovery reveals the task was never quite completed.

More than 200 Pacific workers have been left in limbo after their employer Linx Employment agreed to end its participation in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme amid worker treatment investigations.

The partial remains of Australian WWII soldiers have been recovered at Templetons Crossing on the Kokoda Track.

The United States is continuing to ramp up its campaign for influence in the Pacific to match China's intensifying efforts but with ever more outside players clamouring for a spot in the region, the margin for error grows narrower, writes Stephen Dziedzic.

The United States is continuing to ramp up its campaign for influence in the Pacific to match China's intensifying efforts but with ever more outside players clamouring for a spot in the region, the margin for error grows narrower, writes Stephen Dziedzic.

Richard Marles says the government is «very keen» to help Solomon Islands establish a defence force, with experts saying Canberra wants to stop any military cooperation between Beijing and Honiara.

Repurposed medical supplies from Queensland hospitals are improving health services for rural Papua New Guineans, who volunteers say have been left behind by their government.

The removal of fragments thought to be part of huge interstellar meteor from Papua New Guinea has sparked a political row with the US.

Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.

Scientists from Harvard University have collected fragments believed to belong to a huge interstellar meteor, saying it could have come from an alien spacecraft.

The family of a Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier who was shot dead in a «tragic accident» during a training exercise last week are calling for greater transparency from the force in investigating his death.

The family of a Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier who was shot dead in a «tragic accident» during a training exercise last week are calling for greater transparency from the force in investigating his death.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's trip to Papua's regional capital Jayapura is officially related to a festival, but it comes as his government tries to use what it calls «cautious» negotiations to free Philip Mark Mehrtens.

There are cautious hopes a trip by Indonesia's President to Papua could help speed up the release of a New Zealand man held hostage for five months.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's trip to Papua's regional capital Jayapura is officially related to a festival, but it comes as his government tries to use what it calls «cautious» negotiations to free Philip Mark Mehrtens.

China hopes to be seen as «as a responsible big country» during its ninth «Harmony Mission» undertaken by its military-run hospital ship.

Papua New Guinea's chief censor has temporarily banned venues and broadcasters from playing music by a controversial local singer after a complaint several songs contain «emotionally triggering lyrics», but how the tracks are triggering remains unclear.

Papua New Guinea's chief censor has temporarily banned venues and broadcasters from playing music by a controversial local singer after a complaint several songs contain «emotionally triggering lyrics», but how the tracks are triggering remains unclear.

A group of bandits that kidnapped an Australian professor in the PNG Highlands appears to have struck again, this time snatching and assaulting a group of women and girls. Warning: Readers might find the details in this story distressing.

The quartet made their Rugby League World Cup debut together taking Papua New Guinea to its first semifinal. Once again they’re creating history by each other's side, but this time in Townsville.

(L-R) Essay Banu, Sera Koroi, Shellie Long, and Jessikah Reeves are proud to represent Papua New Guinea and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRLW.

As the conversation around an NRL team for PNG heats up again, there are a lot of questions and some lessons from the past to remember, writes Ali Almond.