The ABC understands Pacific Island leaders hope to strike an agreement to resolve leadership questions, reform the organisation and allow the forum to stay whole, after last year's threat by Micronesian nations to withdraw. 

Researchers find at least 31 species of Australian venomous snakes engage in climbing behaviour, in the first paper to document the phenomena.

Researchers find at least 31 species of Australian venomous snakes engage in climbing behaviour, in the first paper to document the phenomena.

China and Papua New Guinea have agreed to deepen ties and expand «pragmatic» cooperation, China's state-run CCTV says.

Wang Yi makes comments about China–Australia relations to members of the Chinese media while visiting Papua New Guinea, as he rounds out an eight-country tour of the Pacific where many deals were signed.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi are on the final stops of their duelling Pacific Islands' tours. Natalie Whiting reports.

A light plane that crashed while allegedly being used to smuggle cocaine from Papua New Guinea to Australia was not airworthy, a court has been told.

Plumes from one of the world's most hazardous volcanoes prompt a warning to airline pilots in the area.

Foreign minister Penny Wong has flown back to the Pacific overnight, in the midst her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi’s eight-country tour, as Australia and China’s duelling diplomatic tours of the region continue.

Foreign leaders are reacting to China's Pacific Islands tour as Foreign Minister Penny Wong prepares to return to the region - this time to Tonga and Samoa. Natalie Whiting reports.

China talks a lot about consensus, but has done very little to seek it in the Pacific, writes foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic. 

China talks a lot about consensus, but has done very little to seek it, writes foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic. 

When China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi lands in PNG, the streets will likely be full of people cheering and chanting. But they won't be welcoming him, writes Natalie Whiting. 

China's government appears confident it can strike a sweeping trade and security agreement with 10 Pacific Island states despite being forced to shelve its proposed agreement.

A light aircraft crashed during take-off and prosecutors allege it was carrying more than 500kg of cocaine.

The light aircraft crashed during take-off and prosecutors allege it was carrying more than 500kg of cocaine. Four men today faced a committal hearing in Cairns.

A draft communique and five-year action plan sent by Beijing to 10 Pacific islands prompted pushback from at least one of the invited nations, which says it showed China's intent to control the region.

Pacific Islanders are renowned for having big, tight-knit families, but this can create problems for women who struggle with fertility. 

Artist, writer and educator Safdar Ahmed has won Book of the Year and the Multicultural NSW Award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards for Still Alive.

Australia's nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea is a global hotspot for tuberculosis, while the world's attention has been focused on COVID-19.There are now calls for increased investment to combat the deadly communicable disease.

For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

Police are investigating a motor vehicle accident that killed Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil on the eve of the 2022 general election nominations. 

For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

Police are investigating a motor vehicle accident that killed Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil on the eve of the 2022 general election nominations. 

Police are investigating a vehicle accident that killed Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil, in the country's north.

For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

Women judges bring an invaluable diversity of their lived experience to the courtroom. This diversity means that justice will better reflect the society it serves. 

For Pacific Island nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations to higher ground and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

While rates of new HIV infections and AIDs-related deaths have halved thanks to treatment options, disturbing trends are emerging in the Pacific. 

Papua New Guinea's hopes of joining the NRL will be stronger if it pairs up with Cairns, according to the city's mayor, who says he has been having discussions with official for years about the idea.

Experts say a new security agreement signed by Beijing and Honiara is "qualitatively different' to Beijing's past agreements with Pacific nations and the geopolitical context has changed.

The PNG government, along with the local governing body and the country's Sports Foundation, is about to launch a bid to enter a team in the NRL.

The PNG government, along with the local governing body and the country's Sports Foundation, is about to launch a bid to enter a team in the NRL.